Ruggero Pertile

Ruggero Pertile ( born August 8, 1974 in Camposampiero, Padova ) is an Italian marathon runner.

He was on his debut at the twelfth Venice Marathon 1999. He was at the Florence Marathon in a promising position lying, misguided 2001, and so could not finish the race. A fifth place at the Milano City Marathon 2002 was taken in 2003, a fourth in the Maratona di Sant'Antonio, which qualified him for the World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis. There he finished in 23rd place.

In 2004, he won the Rome Marathon and was third at the Maratona d' Italia. The following year, he was eighth in the Lake Biwa Marathon and came at the World Championships in Helsinki on the 35th place.

In 2006, he was sixth in the Stramilano and the overall winner of the Maratona di Sant'Antonio Italian masters, but did not reach at the European Championships in Gothenburg the goal. In 2007 he finished seventh in the Boston Marathon and sixth at the New York City Marathon, finishing in the Road Race World Championships in Udine 32nd.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he came as the fourth best Europeans in 15th place in the following year he was second in the Turin Marathon.

2010 Pertile national champion in the half marathon. In a marathon at the European Championships in Barcelona, ​​he had a long talk on a medal rank, but was ousted in the final kilometers of Dmitri Safronov to fourth place. In the autumn he won in Turin.

In 2011 he finished seventh in Roma - Ostia and second in Milan. At the World Championships in Daegu, he was the eighth best Europeans. At the 2012 Olympics in London, he reached number ten.

Ruggero Pertile is 1,70 m tall and weighs 55 kg. The athlete with the nickname " Rero " is coached by Massimo Magnani and starts for Assindustria Padova. Until his victory in Rome in 2004, he worked as a part time occupier in a supermarket; since then he has been a professional athlete.

Personal Best

  • 5000 m: 13:55,86 min, July 11, 1997 Ponzano Veneto
  • 10,000 m: 28:56,63 min 22 May, 2005, Vigna di Valle
  • The 10-km road race: 28:31 min, 30 September 2007, Milan
  • Half Marathon: 1:02:17 h, October 14, 2007 Udine
  • Marathon: 2:09:53 h 19 April, 2009, Turin
Italy 2005 World Championships in Athletics 2006 European Athletics Championships Boston-Marathon New-York-City-Marathon Turin-Marathon 2010 European Athletics Championships 5000 metres
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