Nationality Italian Name Stefano Rosa Country Italy Height 1.66 m | Summer Universiade 0 Weight 55 kg Mediterranean Games 0 | |
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Born September 28, 1985 (age 38) ( 1985-09-28 ) Grosseto, Italy Personal best(s) 5000 m: 13:26.86 (2010)
10,000 m: 28:13.62 (2012) Club Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Events Long-distance running, Marathon | ||
Campionati europei di zurigo finale 10000 uomini daniele meucci e stefano la rosa
Stefano La Rosa (born 28 September 1985 in Grosseto) is an Italian long distance runner. He is a five-time Italian champion (twice over 10,000 metres and three times over 5000 metres).
Contents
- Campionati europei di zurigo finale 10000 uomini daniele meucci e stefano la rosa
- Stefano la rosa al cross del campaccio 2010
- Biography
- National championships
- References
Stefano la rosa al cross del campaccio 2010
Biography
Of Sicilian descent, as a junior athlete, he came 52nd at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He came 16th over 5000 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but managed a 1500 metres/5000 m double at the Italian junior championships.He won a team silver medal in the under-23 section of the 2006 European Cross Country Championships, courtesy of his tenth-place finish. He improved to fifth place in this category at the 2007 European race. Senior success came two years later in the form of a 5000 m silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara and a team bronze medal at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships alongside Daniele Meucci.
In his first major senior track final, he came tenth over 5000 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He managed the same position in the 3000 m at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships and secured the bronze medal over 5000 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen. He was the first Italian finisher at the 2011 BOClassic 10K race, taking sixth place overall.
National championships
He has won 8 times the individual national championship.
