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{{short description|Italian long-distance runner}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| nickname = Massimo
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| nationality = [[Italia]]n
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event = [[Marathon]]
| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]]
| club = [[G.S. Fiamme Oro]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|3|2}}
| birth_place = [[Mistretta]], [[Italy]]
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| height = {{height|m=1.69}}
| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on}} 
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*{{nowrap|Half marathon: 1:01:03 (1993)}}
*Marathon: 2:11:39 (1996)
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Sevilla]] | Marathon}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1998 European Championships in Athletics|1998 Budapest]] | Marathon}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Marathon Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 European Marathon Cup|1998 Budapest]]|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1998 European Marathon Cup|1998 Budapest]]|Individual<ref>The ranking coincided with the ranking of the [[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon|1998 European Championships marathon race]].</ref>}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1995 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2001 Montbéliard-Belfort]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European 10,000m Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1997 European 10,000m Cup|1997 Barakaldo]]|Team}}
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'''Vincenzo Massimo Modica''' (born 2 March 1971 in [[Mistretta]]) is an Italian [[long-distance runner]] who competed in the [[marathon]].

He was the bronze medallist in that event at the [[1998 European Athletics Championships]] then took the silver medal behind [[Abel Antón]] at the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics]].

==Biography==
He was a six-time participant at the [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] and was twice in the top twenty of the junior race. He represented Italy in the marathon at the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]], but failed to finish the race.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}
|-
|1990
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Plovdiv]], [[Bulgaria]]
|7th
|10,000m
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|29:09.06]]
|-
|1994
|[[1994 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|11th
|10,000 m
|[[1994 European Championships in Athletics – Men's 10000 metres|28:17.24]]
|-
|1997
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|DNF]]
|-
|1998
|[[1998 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] 
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
|Marathon
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's Marathon|2:12:53]]
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|Marathon
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|2:14:03]]
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|DNF]]
|}

==National titles==
Vincenzo Modica has won '''8''' 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=1 November 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=1 November 2012}}</ref>
*'''2 wins''' in [[10000 metres]] (1991, 1999)
*'''3 wins''' in [[Half marathon]] (1992, 1993, 1994)
*'''1 win''' in [[Marathon]] (2005)
*'''2 wins''' in [[Cross country running]] (1993, 1997)

==See also==
* [[Athletics in Italy#Half marathon|Italian all-time lists - half marathon]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's 10000 m}}
{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's half marathon}}
{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's marathon}}
{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's cross country}}
{{Footer Italy athletics team at the 2000 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:1971 births]]
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[[Category:Italian male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Italian male cross country runners]]
[[Category:Italian male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Italy]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Italian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]