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{{Short description|Italian sprinter (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Simone Collio
| honorific_suffix = [[OLY]]
| nickname =
| image = Collio de gregorio.jpg
| imagesize = 240
| caption = Simone Collio (left) with [[Emanuele Di Gregorio]] at [[Barcelona 2010]]
| nationality = [[Italia]]n
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprint]]
| club = [[G.S. Fiamme Gialle]]
| coach =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1979|12|27}}
| birth_place = [[Cernusco sul Naviglio]], [[Italy]]
| residence =
| retired = 2015
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| pb = 100 m: 10.06 (2009)
| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCount|total=yes
| [[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] | 0 | 1 | 0
| [[European Athletics Team Championships|European Team Championships]] | 3 | 1 | 2
| [[European Athletics Indoor Cup|European Indoor Cup]] | 0 | 1 | 0
| [[Mediterranean Games]] | 2 | 0 | 0
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|2010 Barcelona]]|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Team Championships|European Team Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 European Cup (athletics)|2003 Florence]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 European Team Championships|2009 Leira]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 European Team Championships|2010 Bergen]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2005 European Cup (athletics)|2005 Florence]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 European Cup (athletics)|2005 Florence]]|100 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 European Cup (athletics)|2008 Annecy]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Indoor Cup|European Indoor Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2004 European Athletics Indoor Cup|2004 Leipzig]]|60 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Mediterranean Games|2009 Pescara]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 Mediterranean Games|2013 Mersin]]|4 × 100 m relay}}
}}

'''Simone Collio''' (born 27 December 1979 in [[Cernusco sul Naviglio]]) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the [[60 metres|60]] and [[100 metres]].<ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/207889.shtml |title=Athlete Biography: COLLIO Simone |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=[[The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908192411/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/207889.shtml |archive-date=8 September 2008 |access-date=26 August 2008}}</ref> His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor) and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the third all-time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10.01 at altitude of [[Pietro Mennea]] and 9.99 of [[Filippo Tortu]].

==Biography==
Participating in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|2004 Summer Olympics]], he achieved fourth place in his 100 metres heat, thus securing qualification to the second round. He then achieved sixth place in his second round heat, thus failing to secure qualification to the semi-finals. At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]] he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat behind [[Richard Thompson (athlete)|Richard Thompson]] and [[Martial Mbandjock]] in a time of 10.32 seconds. He qualified for the second round, in which he failed to qualify for the semi-finals as his time of 10.33 was the 7th time in his race, causing elimination.<ref name="beijing"/> Together with [[Fabio Cerutti]], [[Emanuele di Gregorio]] and [[Jacques Riparelli]] he also competed at the [[4 × 100 metres relay]]. In their qualification heat, they were disqualified and eliminated for the further competition.<ref name="beijing"/>

==Personal life==
He was engaged to the [[Bulgarian people|Bulgarian]] sprinter [[Ivet Lalova]], whom he met in [[Sofia]]. They married in September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/08/03/uomo-piu-veloce-di-milano-il.html |title=L' uomo più veloce di Milano 'Il mio segreto è donna' - la Repubblica.it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rietilife.it/?p=553 |title=Collio - Lalova |date=28 August 2010}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!Event
!Time (seconds)
!Venue
!Date
|-
|[[50 metres]]
|5.75
|[[Liévin]], France
|10 February 2009
|-
|[[60 metres]]
|6.55
|[[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], Spain
|9 February 2008
|-
|[[100 metres]]
|10.06
|[[Rieti]], Italy
|22 July 2009
|-
|[[200 metres]]
|20.84
|[[Sofia]]
|11 June 2009
|}
*<small>All information taken from IAAF profile.</small><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=181238/index.html Biography Collio, Simone]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 8 May 2009.</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|rowspan=2|[[2001 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
|5th
|100 m
|[[2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.48]] '''w''' <small>(wind: 2.2 m/s)</small>
|-
| —
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham, United Kingdom]]
|19th (sf)
|60 m
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.71]]
|-
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|13th (sf)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.93]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|7th
|60 m
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.60]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2004 Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Athens, Greece]]
|29th (qf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.29]]
|-
|11th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.79]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|[[2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Madrid, Spain]]
|5th
|60 m
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.66]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|29th (qf)
|100 m
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.60]]
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|rowspan=2|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|19th (qf)
|100 m
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.31]]
|-
|10th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.81]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2008
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Valencia, Spain]]
|20th (sf)
|60 m
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.74]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Beijing, China]]
|30th (qf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.33]]
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2009
|[[2009 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Turin, Italy]]
|17th (h)
|60 m
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.72]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|[[Pescara, Italy]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games – Results|38.82]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|48th (h)
|100 m
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.49]]
|-
|6th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.54]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|rowspan=2|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|8th
|100 m
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|DNF]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.17]] (NR)
|-
|2011
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu, South Korea]]
|5th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.96]]
|-
|Rowspan=3|2012
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Istanbul, Turkey]]
|10th (sf)
|60 m
|[[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.71]]
|-
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|—
|100 m
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|DSQ]]
|-
| [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[London]]. [[United Kingdom]]
| {{tooltip|Heat|Eliminated in heats}}
| [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay]]
| 38.58 [[File:Sport_records_icon_SB.svg|20px]]
|-
|2013
|[[Athletics at the 2013 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|[[Mersin, Turkey]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games – Results|39.06]]
|}

==National titles==
He won '''7''' national championships at individual senior level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI-UOMINIi.pdf |title=CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO DAL 1906 AL 2011 - UOMINI |publisher=sportolimpico.it |access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm |title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS |publisher=gbrathletics.com |access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[Italian Athletics Championships]]
**[[100 metres]]: 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010
*[[Italian Indoor Athletics Championships]]
**[[60 metres]]: 2004, 2005, 2009

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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