RE Davide

Date of Birth: 16 Mar 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MILAN

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : RIETI

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 400m
	Men's 4 x 400m Relay ITA Italy	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Round 1 - Heat 4	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Semi-Final 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 400m Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	SF (44.85)	6th (3:02.78)
2017	London, GBR	SF (45.95)	-

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	1st (3:16.60)
2019	Yokohama, JPN	4th

European Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2018	Berlin, GER	SF (45.53)	6th (3:02.34)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m
2021	1 x 2nd
2020	1 x 6th
2019	1 x 5th
2018	1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2021	400m	Florence, ITA	45.80
5	2019	400m	Monaco, MON	46.21
6	2020	400m	Stockholm, SWE	47.00
6	2018	400m	Rome, ITA	45.49

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2019	400m	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	45.72

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Dadda, The King (sport.sky.it, 23 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

University of Turin, Italy

Partner Francesca Sabattini

Languages spoken:

Fiamme Gialle [Italy]

Filippo Di Mulo [national], ITA; Maria Chiara Milardi [personal], ITA

Other sports:

He competed in alpine skiing in his youth, including at the Italian national championships. (spikes.worldathletics.org, 08 Aug 2019)

He sustained an Achilles tendon injury while competing at the 2020 Diamond League meet in Stockholm, Sweden. (oasport.it, 25 Aug 2020)

He took up athletics seriously at age 16. (spikes.worldathletics.org, 08 Aug 2019)

He competed in alpine skiing in his youth and used athletics to keep fit during the summer. He chose to switch focus to athletics at age 16. "I was brought into sports from five or six years old. My parents made me try a little bit of everything over the years, including skiing, athletics, volleyball, basketball, tennis, sailing, horse riding, football, and climbing. For me, athletics won the battle in the end because it was the sport where I felt most confident. It's a cycle - you bring more confidence to the race so you run better, which gives you more confidence. In skiing, you could often do the right thing and get unlucky. Athletics just seemed fairer." (sport.sky.it, 23 Sep 2019; spikes.worldathletics.org, 08 Aug 2019)

US alpine skier Bode Miller, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (sport.sky.it, 23 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"If you can dream it you can do it." (sport.sky.it, 23 Sep 2019)

In 2019 he was named Athlete of the Year by the Italian Athletics Federation. (ilfaroonline.it, 22 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
CHOOSING ATHLETICS
He competed in ski racing and running in his youth. He remained involved in skiing until 2014, which was when he realised he could compete internationally in athletics. "As a teenager in Italy, I had two beloved sports, two events that were different in so many ways but came down to the same thing - a need for speed. For a long time, I couldn't choose between them, so I didn't. After [graduating from] school, I trained as a sprinter but in my spare time I qualified as a ski instructor, working at that until 2014. That year I got my personal best down to 46.00 for the 400m and made the European championships in Zurich. [This was] enough for me to commit to chasing the dream." (spikes.worldathletics.org, 08 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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