Pietro Arese Explained

Nationality:Italian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Middle-distance running
Club:G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Birth Date:8 October 1999
Birth Place:Turin, Italy
Coach:Silvano Danzi
Height:1.89 m
Weight:69 kg
Pb:
    • 1500 m indoor: 3:37.31 (2022)
    • 3000 m indoor: 7:38.42 (2024)

Pietro Arese (born 8 October 1999) is an Italian middle-distance runner.[1]

No kinship with the middle-distance runner Franco Arese, former European champion and former president of the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL).[2]

Career

His sporting explosion in the winter of 2021, when at the age of 21 he became the Italian indoor champion both on the 1500 m and on the 3000 m, in both cases, an unusual thing, significantly improving his times on the corresponding distances, but outdoors.[3] Thus earning his first call-up to the national team for the 2021 European Indoor Championships.[4] On 6 June 2023, during the Irena Szewińska Memorial, he won the 1500 m becoming the second fastest Italian ever.[5]

Achievements

Senior level
Year Competition Venue RankEventPerformanceNotes
2021European Indoor Championships Toruń31st1500 m3:43.55
2022World Indoor Championships Belgrade8th1500 m3:37.60
European Athletics Championships Munich4th1500 m3:35.00
2023World Athletics Championships Budapest8th (sf)1500 m3:33.11
2024Olympic Games Paris8th1500 m3:30.74

National titles

Arese won 3 national championships.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pietro Arese - Athlete profile. worldathletics.org. 8 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Pietro Arese biography. it. fidal.it. 9 March 2021.
  3. Web site: CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR - Ancona, 20 e 21 febbraio 2021. fidal.it. 8 March 2021.
  4. Web site: Euroindoor, gli azzurri per Torun. fidal.it. italian. 25 February 2021. 26 February 2021.
  5. https://www.fidal.it/content/Lampo-Arese-vittoria-con-3-33-56-a-Bydgoszcz/156069