Yuri Floriani

Yuri Floriani
Floriani at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1981-12-25) 25 December 1981
Trento, Italy
Residence Palermo, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Steeplechase
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by Stefano Cecchini
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 3000 m steeplechase: 8'22"62 (2012)

Yuri Floriani (born 25 December 1981) is an Italian steeplechase runner.

Biography

On 31 May 2012 at Golden Gala in Rome, he qualified for the Olympics with his personal best of 8'22"62, for his first Olympic appearance in London 2012.[2]

He lives in Sicily, at Palermo with his wife Angela Rinicella, former middle-distance runner,[3] and their daughter Noemi.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 29th (h) 3000m steeplechase 9:31.74
2001 European U23 Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 15th (h) 3000m steeplechase 8:52.30
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 4th 3000 m steeplechase 8'34"60
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 3000 m steeplechase 8'39"22 [4]
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 13th 3000 metres steeplechase 8.40.07 [5]

National championships

Progression

3000 metres steeplechase
Year Performance Venue Date World Ranking
20128:22.62Italy Rome31/05/201227th
20118:28.64Belgium Heusden-Zolder16/07/2011
20108:34.15Italy Florence05/06/2010
20098:34.60Italy Pescara02/07/2009
20088:28.90Italy Rome11/07/2008
20078:33.28Slovenia Velenje28/06/2007
20068:35.88Spain Valencia28/05/2006
20058:40.82Italy Florence17/06/2005
20048:36.18Italy Naples08/06/2004
20038:34.36Netherlands Hengelo01/06/2003
20028:32.87Italy Castelfidardo01/09/2002
20008:56.7Italy Pergine Valsugana28/09/2000

References

  1. ↑ Yuri Floriani Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine.. rio2016.com
  2. ↑ "Pass per Yuri Floriani nei 3000 siepi. Qualificati azzurri a quota 236" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Yuri Floriani" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  4. ↑ He had run a best time, 8:32.63 in the semifinals.
  5. ↑ He ran in a better crono (8:29.01) in heat.
  6. ↑ "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
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