Simone Collio

Simone Collio (left) with Emanuele Di Gregorio at Barcelona 2010
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1979-12-27) 27 December 1979 (age 44) Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Retired	2015
Achievements and titles
Personal best	100 m: 10.06 (2009)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd European Championships 0 1 0 European Team Championships 3 1 2 European Indoor Cup 0 1 0 Mediterranean Games 2 0 0 Total 5 3 2 European Championships 2010 Barcelona 4 x 100 m relay European Team Championships 2003 Florence 4 x 100 m relay 2009 Leira 4 x 100 m relay 2010 Bergen 4 x 100 m relay 2005 Florence 4 x 100 m relay 2005 Florence 100 m 2008 Annecy 4 x 100 m relay European Indoor Cup 2004 Leipzig 60 m Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara 4 x 100 m relay 2013 Mersin 4×100 m relay

Simone Collio (born 27 December 1979 in Cernusco sul Naviglio) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres.^[1] His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor) and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the third all-time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10.01 at altitude of Pietro Mennea and 9.99 of Filippo Tortu.

Biography

Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fourth place in his 100 metres heat, thus securing qualification to the second round. He then achieved sixth place in his second round heat, thus failing to secure qualification to the semi-finals. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat behind Richard Thompson and Martial Mbandjock in a time of 10.32 seconds. He qualified for the second round, in which he failed to qualify for the semi-finals as his time of 10.33 was the 7th time in his race, causing elimination.^[1] Together with Fabio Cerutti, Emanuele di Gregorio and Jacques Riparelli he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat, they were disqualified and eliminated for the further competition.^[1]

Personal life

He was engaged to the Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova, whom he met in Sofia. They married in September 2013.^[2][3]

Personal bests

• All information taken from IAAF profile.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	5th	100m	10.48 w (wind: 2.2 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19th (sf)	60 m	6.71
	World Championships	Paris, France	13th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	38.93
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th	60 m	6.60
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	29th (qf)	100 m	10.29
			11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.79
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	5th	60 m	6.66
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	29th (qf)	100 m	10.60
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	19th (qf)	100 m	10.31
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.81
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	20th (sf)	60 m	6.74
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	30th (qf)	100 m	10.33
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	17th (h)	60 m	6.72
	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.82
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	48th (h)	100 m	10.49
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	38.54
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	100 m	DNF
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.17 (NR)
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.96
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	10th (sf)	60 m	6.71
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	100 m	DSQ
	Olympic Games	London. United Kingdom	Heat	4×100 metres relay	38.58
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.06

National titles

He won 7 national championships at individual senior level.^[5][6]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 100 metres: 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 60 metres: 2004, 2005, 2009