Matteo Villani

Villani in 2008
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (age 43) San Secondo Parmense, Parma, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Steeplechase
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
Coached by	Renzo Fineli
Achievements and titles
Personalbest	3000 m st: 8:21.73 (2008)

Matteo Villani (born 29 August 1982) is an Italian steeplechase runner.

Villani was born inSan Secondo Parmense,Parma. He representedItaly at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing, and competed in themen's 3000 m steeplechase. He ran in the first heat of the event, against twelve other competitors, including France'sBouabdellah Tahri and Kenya'sBrimin Kipruto (who eventually won the gold medal in the final), but did not finish the entire race.^[1] Villani also achieved his personal best time of 8:21.73, at a meeting inHeusden-Zolder,Belgium.

Villani has won the individualnational championships twice.^[2]

• 2 wins in3000 metres steeplechase (2009, 2012)

• Italian all-time lists - 3000 metres steeplechase

• Matteo Villani atWorld Athletics
• Matteo Villani at theItalian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Matteo Villani atOlympics.com
• Matteo Villani atOlympedia

• Italian men steeplechase runners
• Olympic athletes for Italy
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Sportspeople from Parma
• Athletes from Emilia-Romagna
• 1982 births
• Living people
• Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
• Italian Athletics Championships winners
• 21st-century Italian sportsmen

• CS1 Italian-language sources (it)
• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Articles using sports links with data from Wikidata