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{{Short description|Italian sprinter (born 1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = 
| nickname       = 
| image          = Stefano Tilli.jpg
| imagesize      = 
| caption        = Tilli in 1984
| national_team  = [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]]
| sport          = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event          = [[Sprint (running)|Sprint]]
| coach          = Fabrizio Lepore
| club           = [[Società Sportiva Metanopoli|Snam Gas Metano]]
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|22 August 1962}}
| birth_place    = [[Orvieto]], Italy
| retired        = 2000
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = 1.75 m
| weight         = 78 kg
| pb             = 
*100 m: 10.16 (1984)
*200 m: 20.40 (1984)
| country        =
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]                        |0|1|0
|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]                          |0|0|1
|{{nowrap|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}} |2|0|0
|[[Mediterranean Games]]                                                              |5|0|1
|[[European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]                                            |1|2|4
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{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 Helsinki]]|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|1990 Split]]|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1983 Budapest]]|60 metres}}
{{MedalGold|[[1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1985 Athens]]|200 metres}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1983 European Cup (athletics)|1983 London]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1989 European Cup (athletics)|1989 Gateshead]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1991 European Cup (athletics)|1991 Paris]]|100 metres}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1985 European Cup (athletics)|1985 Moscow]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1989 European Cup (athletics)|1989 Gateshead]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1991 European Cup (athletics)|1991 Frankfurt]]|200 metres}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1991 European Cup (athletics)|1991 Frankfurt]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
}}
'''Stefano Tilli''' (born 22 August 1962) is a former [[Italy|Italian]] [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] who specialized in the [[100 metres|100]] and [[200 metres|200 m]], twice European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the [[Olympic Games]], and was the [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] holder in the 200 m indoor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14201574|title=Stefano tilli - Profile|publisher=worldathletics.org|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>

==Biography==
Tilli was born in [[Orvieto]], [[Umbria]]. In his career he won 17 medals at the [[International athletics championships and games|International athletics competitions]], eight of these with [[Italy national relays team at the international athletics championships|national relays team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE_U_1908_2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> He also won '''14''' [[Italian Athletics Championships|national championships]], from 1984 to 2000, and he has 51 caps in [[Italy national athletics team|national team]], from 1983 to 2000.<ref>{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=[[Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera|FIDAL]]}}</ref> His personal best in the 100 m is 10.16 seconds, which he ran in August 1984 in [[Zurich]].<ref>[http://digilander.libero.it/atleticaleggera/ALL-TIME/2.htm Italian all-time list, men's 100 metres (last updated for year 2000)]</ref> His personal best in the 200 m is 20.40 seconds, achieved in September 1984 in [[Cagliari]].<ref>[http://digilander.libero.it/atleticaleggera/ALL-TIME/3.htm Italian all-time list, men's 200 metres (last updated for year 2000)]</ref>

Stefano Tilli used to be engaged to the [[Jamaica]]n sprinter [[Merlene Ottey]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.si21.com/atletika/ottey/english/_articles.htm|title=The greatest female sprinter in history|publisher=si21.com|access-date=4 July 2012}}</ref> whom he also coached for a period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.net/news/latest-news/8-events/european-athletics-indoor-championchips/4693-euro-legends-week-1-stefano-tilli-ita.html|title=Euro Legends: Week 1 - Stefano Tilli (ITA)|publisher=european-athletics.net|access-date=4 July 2012}}</ref>

==Record==
===World record===
* [[200 metres|200 metres indoor]]: '''20.52''' ({{flagicon|ITA}} [[Turin]], 21 February 1985) - until 22 February 1987 ([[Bruno Marie-Rose]], France 20.36 in [[Liévin]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19870223&id=sgEzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4245,8730517|title=200-meters record set|publisher=Star-News|date=23 February 1987|access-date=4 July 2012}}</ref>

===European record===
* [[4 × 200 metres relay]]: '''1:21.10''' ({{flagicon|ITA}} [[Cagliari]] 29 September 1983), [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]] (Stefano Tilli, [[Carlo Simionato]], [[Giovanni Bongiorni]], [[Pietro Mennea]]) - current holder <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/recbycat/location=O/recordtype=AR/event=0/age=N/area=EUR/sex=M/records.html|title=Area Outdoor Records - Men - EUROPE|publisher=iaaf.org|access-date=4 July 2012}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}
|-
|rowspan=4|1983
|[[1983 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|60 m ||6.63
|-
|rowspan=1|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=1|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] ||38.37 [[File:Sport records icon NR.svg|20px]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1983 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Casablanca, Morocco]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|100 m ||10.29 <ref name=MEDI>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm|title=Mediterranean Games|publisher=GBR Athletics|access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay||38.76 <ref name=MEDI/>
|-
|rowspan=3|1984
|rowspan=3 |[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=3 |[[Los Angeles]], United States
|align="center" | 4th
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 × 100 metre relay|4 × 100 m relay]] ||38.87
|-
|{{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}}
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]] ||10.55 <ref>He ran 10.49 in Quarter-Finals.</ref>
|-
|{{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}}
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]] ||20.72 <ref>He ran 20.64 in Quarter-Finals.</ref>
|-
|1985
|[[1985 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|200 m || 20.77 [[File:Sport records icon CR.svg|alt=Championship record|20px]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1986
|rowspan=2|[[1986 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]]
|8th (sf)
|200 m
|[[1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.74]] <small>(wind: 0.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|5th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.86]]
|-
|rowspan=4|1987
|rowspan=1|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=1|[[Rome, Italy]]
|{{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}}
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 200 metres|200 m]] ||20.86
|-
|rowspan=3 |[[1987 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|rowspan=3 |[[Latakia, Syria]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|100 m ||10.41 <ref name=MEDI/>
|-
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|200 m ||20.76 <ref name=MEDI/>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay||39.67 <ref name=MEDI/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|align="center" | 5th
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 × 100 metre relay|4 × 100 m relay]] ||38.54
|-
|{{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}}
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]] ||20.59
|-
|rowspan=3|1990
|rowspan=3|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Split (city)|Split]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
|9th (sf)
|100 m
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.40]] <small>(wind: -0.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|4th
|200 m
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.66]] <small>(wind: 0.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.39]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1991
|rowspan=2|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|{{tooltip|QF|Eliminated in quarter-finals}}
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 200 metres|200 m]] ||20.92
|-
|align="center" | 5th
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]] ||38.52
|-
|[[1991 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|200 m ||20.73 <ref name=MEDI/>
|-
|rowspan=1|1996
|rowspan=1|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=1|[[Atlanta]], United States
|align=center|Heats
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|100 m]] ||10.38
|-
|rowspan=1|1997
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|{{tooltip|QF|Eliminated in quarter-finals}}
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 100 metres|100 m]] ||10.36
|-
|1998
|[[1998 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|align="center" | 4th
|100 m
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.20]]
|-
|rowspan=1|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Sevilla, Spain]]
|{{tooltip|QF|Eliminated in quarter-finals}}
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 100 metres|100 m]] ||10.26
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[[2000 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Ghent, Belgium]]
|align=center| 4th
|[[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]
|6.59 <ref>[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/2000/m00_03.html 2000 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite</ref>
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=1|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|{{tooltip|QF|Eliminated in quarter-finals}}
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres|100 m]] ||10.27
|}

==National titles==
Tilli won 14 national championships at individual [[senior (athletics)|senior]] level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI-NOMI-U.pdf|title=TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021|publisher=sportolimpico.it|date=1 January 2021|accessdate=24 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|accessdate=24 August 2021}}</ref>

*[[Italian Athletics Championships]]
**100 m: 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997 (6)
**100 m: 1986, 1988, 1991 (3)
*[[Italian Athletics Indoor Championships]]
**60 m: 1995, 1996, 2000 (3)
**200 m: 1985, 1987 (2)

==See also==
* [[Athletics in Italy#100 metres|Italian all-time lists - 100 metres]]
* [[Athletics in Italy#200 metres|Italian all-time lists - 200 metres]]
* [[Italy national relays team at the international athletics championships|Italy national relay team]]
* [[Italy national athletics team#Caps|Italy national athletics team - More caps]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}

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