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{{short description|Italian middle-distance runner}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Andrea Longo
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| nationality = [[Italia]]n
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event = [[Middle distance running]]
| club = [[G.S. Fiamme Oro]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|6|26}}
| birth_place = [[Piove di Sacco]], [[Italy]]
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| weight = {{convert|83|kg|lb|abbr=on}} 
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*800 m:	1:43.74 (2000)
| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]]
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1997 Mediterranean Games|1997 Bari]]|800 metres}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships|1997 Turku]]|800 metres}}
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'''Andrea Longo''' (born 26 June 1975 in [[Piove di Sacco]]) is a former [[Italy|Italian]] middle-distance runner.

==Biography==
He achieved his personal best just before Sydney Olympics, running 1'43"74 in Rieti in September 2000, reaching the second place in the all-time ranking in Italy, behind former world record holder Marcello Fiasconaro. He was disqualified from the [[800 metres]] final at the [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Summer Olympics]] after barging Switzerland's [[André Bucher]]. He served a two-year ban from 2001 for testing positive for [[nandrolone]].

After his ban his best performances have been a 5th place at the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 World Championships]] and a 7th place at the [[2006 European Athletics Championships]], both in the 800m. He was also a semi-finalist at the [[2004 Olympics]]. He was the European record holder for the rarely run 600m (1'14"41). He is the husband of [[Fabé Dia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_dioc_new/bd_edit_doc_dioc.edit_documento?p_id=928558&id_pagina=&rifi=&rifp=&vis=1|title=La cena del sorriso Testimonial sportivi per donare il sorriso con Operation Smile|publisher=webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it|language=it|access-date=14 December 2012}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}
|-
|1994
|[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|10th (sf)
|800m
|[[1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|1:52.00]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|rowspan=2|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Turku]], [[Finland]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800m
|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 800 metres|1:46.49]]
|-
|7th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:08.00]]
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|6th
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800 metres]]
|1:45.33 <ref>He ran in a better cron (1:45.01) in preliminary rounds.</ref>
|-
|2003
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|5th
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800 metres]]
|1:45.43
|}

==National titles==
Andrea Longo has won '''7''' times the individual [[Italian Athletics Championships|national championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |title="CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 |publisher=sportolimpico.it |access-date=14 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=14 December 2012}}</ref>
*'''4 wins''' in the [[800 metres]] (1998, 1999, 2000, 2005)
*'''1 win''' in the 800 metres indoor (1997)
*'''2 wins''' in the [[1500 metres]] indoor (2004, 2005)

==See also==
* [[Athletics in Italy#800 metres|Italian all-time lists - 800 metres]]
* [[List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/1683813.stm BBC report on drugs ban]

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{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's 800 m}}
{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's indoor 800 m}}
{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's indoor 1500 m}}
{{Footer Italy athletics team at the 2000 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Italian male middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Italy]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]
[[Category:Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Italian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]