Franco Arese

Franco Arese
Personal information
Full name	Francesco Arese
Nationality	Italian
Born	13 April 1944 (age 80); Centallo, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	Atalanta Balangero
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800 m: 1:46.6 (1972); 1500 m: 3:36.3 (1971); Mile: 3:56.7 (1971); 5000 m: 13:40.0 (1971); 10000 m: 28:27.0 (1971);
Medal record
European Athletics Championships

Francesco "Franco" Arese (born 13 April 1944 in Centallo) is an Italian middle-distance runner, competing mainly at 1500 m. Arese won the 1500 meters final at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[1]

He was the President of Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL).^[2]

Biography

Arese has won several Italian championships on 800, 1500 and 5000 meters.^[3] He competed in both the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but on both occasions failed to qualify for the final.

4 wins in 800 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1968, 1969, 1972, 1973)^[4]
4 wins in 1500 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1986, 1967, 1968, 1970)^[4]
1 win in 5000 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1971)^[4]
1 win in Cross country running at the Italian Athletics Championships (1970)^[4]
1 win in 1500 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1972)^[5]
1 win in 3000 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1970)^[5]

^ gbrathletics – European Championships (Men) Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Franco Arese – Presidente federale" (in Italian). fial.it. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^ "gbrathletics – Italian Championships". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
^ ^a ^b "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.