Sandro Floris

Sandro Floris (born 12 June 1965) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres who won eleven medals at the International athletics competitions, ten of these with national relays team.^[1]

Sandro Floris

Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	(1965-06-12) June 12, 1965 (age 60) Cagliari, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m : 10.36 (1994) 200 m: 20.68 (1996)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 0 1 European Championships 0 0 2 Mediterranean Games 3 0 1 European Cup 1 1 1 World Military Games 1 0 0 Total 5 1 5

At the senior individual level, he was European indoor champion in Glasgow 1990.

Biography

His personal best 200 metres time was 20.68 seconds, achieved in June 1996 in Rome.^[2] His personal best for the 100 metres time was 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 1994 in Nuoro.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
1987	Mediterranean Games	Latakia	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.67
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul	5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.54	[4]
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest	4th	200 m	21.31	[a][4]
	European Indoor Championships	The Hague	5th	200 m	21.41	[b][5]
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow	1st	200 m	21.01	[4]
	European Championships	Split	8th	200 m	20.84	[4]
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.39	[4]
1991	Mediterranean Games	Athens	3rd	200 m	20.96
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.12
	World Championships	Tokyo	5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.52	[4]
1994	European Championships	Helsinki	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.99	[4]
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.07	[c]
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.61	CR

National titles

Floris won three national championships at individual senior level.^[6][7]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 100 m: 1994
  • 200 m: 1989
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 200 m: 1992

See also

• Italy national relay team

Notes

1. He ran a better crono (21.21) in semifinal.
2. He ran a better crono (21.07) in semifinal.
3. Team ran a better crono (38.41) in semifinal.