Giacomo Leone (born 10 April 1971 in Francavilla Fontana, Brindisi) is a retired male long-distance runner from Italy. He set his personal best (2:07:52) in the marathon on 4 March 2001 in Otsu, Japan. Leone is best known for winning the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon.
Biography He was the last European to win New York City Marathon before the African dominance, except for Brazilian victories in 2006 and 2008. Leone still holds the record of "Italian most quick" to NYC Marathon.
When 18–20 years old he started to run distances over 20 km and in 1989 won the bronze medal in European Athletics Junior Championships (in 1989 edition in Varaždin, on 20 km Road Race); in the next year he places himself at fifth place at Juniores World Championship on the same distance. When he was 20 he debuted in a marathon at Sheffield Universiade.
Achievements Representing 1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria5th20 km road run1:03:011993Universiade Buffalo, United States –MarathonDNF1996New York City Marathon New York, United States 1stMarathon2:09:541997World Championships Athens, Greece7thMarathon2:17:161998European Championships Budapest, Hungary—MarathonDNF2000Rome City MarathonRome, Italy 2ndMarathon2:08:41Olympic Games Sydney, Australia5thMarathon2:12:142001Lake Biwa MarathonŌtsu, Japan 2ndMarathon2:07:52World Championships Edmonton, Canada11thMarathon2:17:542006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden—MarathonDNF
See also Men's marathon Italian record progression Italian all-time lists - half marathon Italian all-time lists - Marathon
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