Giorgio Rubino

For the rugby league footballer of the 1950s for Italy, and Torino XIII, see Giorgio Rubino (rugby).

Giorgio Rubino (born 15 April 1986 in Rome) is an Italian race walker, bronze medal in the 20 km walk at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.

Giorgio Rubino

Giorgio Rubino
Personal information
Born	(1986-04-15) April 15, 1986 (age 39)
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	20km Race Walk
Club	Fiamme Gialle[1]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 0 1 World Race Walking Team C'ships 0 1 0 European Race Walking Team C'ships 2 2 0 Mediterranean Games 0 1 0 Total 2 4 1 World Championships 2009 Berlin 20 km walk World Race Walking Team Championships 2018 Taicang 20 km team European Race Walking Cup 2009 Metz 20 km individual 2009 Metz 20 km team 2007 Leamington 20 km team 2011 Olhão 20 km team Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara 20 km individual

Biography

The medals of some of the athletics world championship races in 2009 were otherwise awarded 24 March 2016 as a result of doping disqualifications. Among these reallocations also the medals of 20 km walk, which saw the Italian Giorgio Rubino, initially 4th, get the bronze medal This fact, 7 years after the event, allowed Italy to clear the zero in the Medal table.^[2] He also has won other four medals, three of these at senior level, in international competitions,^[3] and is a five-time winner at the Italian Championships.^[4][5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Time
2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	4th	10,000 m	43:00.37
2004	World Race Walking Cup (U20)	Naumburg, Germany	—	10 km	DQ
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	10th	10,000 m	42:00.63
2005	European Race Walking Cup (U20)	Miskolc, Hungary	2nd	10 km	40:46
	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	3rd	10,000 m	40:46.95
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	17th	20 km	1:22:05
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	20 km	1:22:34
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	10th	20 km	1:21:17
			2nd	Team - 20 km	32 pts
	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	—	20 km	DQ
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	5th	20 km	1:23:39
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	18th	20 km	1:22:11
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	1st	20 km	1:24:06
			1st	Team - 20 km	6 pts
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	20 km	1:19:50
	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	2nd	20 km	1:22:34
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	20 km	1:22:12
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	4th	20 km	1:24:14
			2nd	Team - 20 km	27 pts
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	—	20 km	DQ
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	21st	20 km	1:22:42
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	42nd	20 km	1:25:28
2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	13th	20 km	1:23:58
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	28th	20 km	1:25:42
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	20th	20 km	1:20:44
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	8th	20 km	1:22:07
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	11th	20 km	1:22:55
			7th	Team - 20 km	71 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	20th	20 km walk	1:23:23
2018	World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, China	2nd	Team - 20 km	29 pts

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 10,000 metres walk: 2012
  • 20 km walk: 2005
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 5000 metres walk: 2006, 2012, 2013

See also

• Italian team at the running events
• Italy at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup
• Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists
• Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk