14 Facts About Daniele Meucci

Daniele Meucci was born on 7 October 1985 and is an Italian athlete who specialises in long-distance running, including track running, cross country and road running who won twenty medals at international level.

Daniele Meucci represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics, running in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.

Daniele Meucci was a bronze medallist at the European Cross Country Championships in 2012.

Daniele Meucci has competed at five World Championships in Athletics.

Daniele Meucci won a bronze medal and a team silver medal at under-23 level at that year's European Cross Country Championships, which was held in San Giorgio su Legnano.

Daniele Meucci represented Italy on the world stage for the first time in 2008, but he only managed 99th place in the senior race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

Daniele Meucci had greater success at European level that year, again taking sixth in the European Cup race and finishing twelfth in the senior race at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships.

Daniele Meucci took up road running in 2009 and was fifth at the Stramilano Half Marathon with a time of 1:02:56.

Daniele Meucci returned to the track in the summer and took on the shorter 3000 metres at the 2009 European Team Championships, winning a bronze medal.

Daniele Meucci won his first major medal later that year at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.

Daniele Meucci began 2012 with a third-place finish at the Great Ireland Run.

Daniele Meucci's season ended with two further European medals at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships, where he was the bronze medallist individually and in the team competition, alongside the race winner Andrea Lalli.

Daniele Meucci knocked almost a minute and a half off his best at the 2013 NYC Half Marathon, coming second only to Wilson Kipsang in a time of 61:06 minutes.

Daniele Meucci finished 8th in the 2023 New York City Marathon, running 2:13:29.