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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 12, 1965 Gloucester, Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Atletica Riccardi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vito Petrella (born 12 April 1965) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
He won four medals at the International athletics competitions, all with the national relays team.[1] He has 20 national team caps, from 1986 to 1992.[2] In 1988, his magic year, Vito Petrella ran 46"37 indoors, he also ran 10"8 in the 100 metres and 21"39 in the 200 metres. His 400 metres personal best time is 46"15 seconds, achieved in August 1988 in Sestriere. However, his best outdoor performance was probably one month before in Turin, at the sea level, when, although running in the first lane, he ran in 46"17 winning the 400 metres at the Italian Championship for Clubs. He was trained by Graziano Della Valle in Pavia together with Tiziano Gemelli (46"31) and Marco Michieli (47"04), who belonged to the same sport club.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1983 | Mediterranean Games | Latakia, Syria | 1st | 4x400 m relay | 3:05.29 |
| 1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 4th | 4x400 m relay | 3:01.37 |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | 400 m | 47.73 [3] |
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 6th | 400 m | 47.83 [4] |
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 4th | 4x400 m relay | 3:01.78 |
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3:05.51 |
| Summer Universiade | Sheffield, Great Britain | 3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3:07.54 | |
| 1993 | Mediterranean Games | Narbonne, France | 3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3.05.11 |
He has won one time the individual national championship.[5]
