Paul Di Bella
Paul Di Bella ( born February 12, 1977 in Ingham, Queensland ) is a former Australian sprinter.
He was a participant at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He qualified with the Australian 4 x 100 - meter relay team for the semi-finals, but was eliminated there because of a faulty. In the 100 - meter dash Di Bella had already failed in the first round.
The greatest success of his career, he celebrated by winning the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the IAAF World Championships in 2001 in Edmonton. The Australian quartet Matt Shirvington, Paul Di Bella, Steve Brimacombe and Adam Basil had indeed reached with a time of 38.83 s the only goal in fourth place. Through the subsequent disqualification of the U.S. season because of a doping offense their runner Tim Montgomery, the Australians moved up in the rankings by one place.
Another bronze medal in the relay won Di Bella at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. After he had retired at the World Athletics Championships in Paris in 2003 already in the semi-final round, he finished sixth in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Paul Di Bella had a competition weight of 68 kg at a height of 1.78 m.