Stefano La Rosa

Stefano La Rosa (first) at Zürich 2014
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 38) Grosseto, Italy
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running Marathon
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	5000 m: 13:26.86 (2010) 10,000 m: 28:13.62 (2012)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Summer Universiade 0 0 1 Mediterranean Games 0 1 0 European Championships 2016 Amsterdam Half marathon team European Cross Country Championships 2009 Dublin Team 2014 Samokov Team European 10,000m Cup 2017 Minsk Team

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).

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.^[1]

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.^[1] He was the first Italian finisher at the 2011 BOClassic 10K race, taking sixth place overall.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	16th	5000 m	14:20.51
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	6th	1500m	3:46.37
			10th	5000m	13:59.35
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	2nd	5000 m	14:04.44
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	10th	5000 m	13:46.58
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	10th	3000 m	8:04.12
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	3rd	5000 m	14:02.95
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th	5000 m	13:41.99
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	–	5000 m	DNF
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	4th	5000 m	13:40.42
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	8th	10,000 m	28:49.99
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	13th	Half marathon	1:04:15

National titles

He has won 9 times the individual national championship.^[3]

• 5 wins in the 5000 metres (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
• 3 wins in the 10,000 metres (2008, 2009, 2018)
• 1 win in the Half marathon (2012)