Stefano La Rosa

Stefano La Rosa
	Stefano La Rosa (first) at Zürich 2014
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	28 September 1985 (age 39); 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
European Championships
European Cross Country Championships
European 10,000m Cup

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]

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
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	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
2011	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
2013	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

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

^ ^a ^b Stefano La Rosa. FIDAL. Retrieved on 2012-01-02.
^ Sampaolo, Diego (2012-01-01). Soi and Cheruiyot take thrillers in Bolzano. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-02.
^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2013.