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Eseosa Fostine "Fausto" Desalu (born 19 February 1994) is an Italian sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres winning a silver medal in that event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games[1] and a gold medal in the 4×100 m relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Fausto Desalu

Desalu at the 2015 Military World Games
Personal information
Full name	Eseosa Fostine Desalu
National team	Italy
Born	(1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 28) Casalmaggiore, Italy
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by	Giangiacomo Contini
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.21 (2022) 200 m: 20.13 (2018)
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay World Relays 2021 Chorzów 4×100 m relay European Team Championships 2021 Silesia 200 m 2019 Bydgoszcz 200 m Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 200 m Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong 200 m

He was the 200 metres gold medallist at the 2015 Military World Games. He holds a best of 20.13 seconds for the distance, set in 2018.

Biography

Of Nigerian descent, he acquired Italian citizenship in 2012, at 18 years old as he was born in Casalmaggiore, Italy, to Nigerian parents. Desalu originally focused on association football in his youth. However, he began to take up track and field around 2008, initially focusing on the sprint hurdles. His speed was better than his technique and he eventually focused on the 200 m instead. He gained full Italian citizenship in 2012.[3] A member of Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle – the sports club of Italy's fiscal police force – he made his international debut at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. However, he failed to progress beyond the heats.[4] He also ran with the 4×100 metres relay team, but they were also eliminated in the heats stage.[5]

Desalu's first international medal came at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he was a relay bronze medallist on home turf in Rieti, running the anchor leg on a team of Giacomo Isolano, Lorenzo Bilotti and Roberto Rigali. He also managed fifth place individually in the 200 m.[6] His first senior medal followed at the 2014 European Team Championships, where he was part of the bronze medal-winning relay quartet alongside Massimiliano Ferraro, Diego Marani, and Delmas Obou.[7] He was selected both individually and for the relay for Italy at the 2014 European Athletics Championships. He was a semi-finalist in the 200 m, having set a best of 20.55 seconds in the heats, and was a finalist in the relay with Fabio Cerutti, Marani and Obou (although the Italians failed to finish).[6]

Desalu had his first appearance at global senior level at the 2015 IAAF World Relays, though the regrouped European Championships team did not make it past the heats. At the 2015 Military World Games he won the 200 m gold medal, a tenth of a second ahead of runner-up Serhiy Smelyk.[8] He came close to a second medal at the games in the relay, placing fourth with Cerutti, Obou and Matteo Galvan.[9]

In La Chaux-de-Fonds, he runs in 20.36 on 15 August 2020, best European performance of the year on 200 m. On 19 August, he improves at 20.35 (+1.3) at Bregyó Athletic Center, Székesfehérvár. On 4 September 2020, he becomes the first Italian to win a 200 m race event of the Diamond League during Memorial Van Damme in 20.39.[10]

Statistics

National records

• 4×100 m relay: 37.50 ( Tokyo, 6 August 2021), he ran third leg in the team with Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Filippo Tortu.[11]

Personal bests

• 60 metres – 6.76 seconds (2015)
• 100 metres – 10.21 seconds (2022)
• 200 metres – 20.13 seconds (2018)
• 110 metres hurdles – 14.20 seconds (2010)
• 60 metres hurdles – 7.86 seconds (2011)
• All information from European Athletics[12]

For reference:

• split time of 4×100m relay - 9.170 (third leg) (2021)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	— (heats)	200 m	DQ
			5th (heats)	4 × 100 m relay	40.41
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	5th	200 m	21.16
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.00
2014	European Team Championships	Braunschweig, Germany	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.06
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th (semis)	200 m	20.73
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd (heats)	4 × 100 m relay	38.84
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	1st	200 m	20.64
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	39.64
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	49th (h)	200 m	20.65
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	2nd	200 m	20.77
			1st	4×100 m relay	38.49
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	200 m	20.13
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	3rd (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.291
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	21st (sf)	200 m	20.73
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.21
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	16th (sf)	200 m	20.43
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	37.50 NR
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	30th (h)	200 m	20.63
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.74
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	13th (sf)	200 m	20.48

¹Did not finish in the final

National titles

Desalu won three national championships at individual senior level.[13][14]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 200 m: 2016, 2017, 2021 (3)

See also

• List of European records in athletics
• List of Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists - 200 m
• Italian all-time lists - 4×100 m relay
• Italian national track relay team

References

External links

• Fausto Desalu at World Athletics
• Fausto Desalu at Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Fausto Desalu at Diamond League
• Fausto Desalu at Olympedia
• Fausto Desalu at CONI honoured athlete website (in Italian)

На других языках

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[de] Fausto Desalu

Eseosa Fostine Desalu (* 19. Februar 1994 in Casalmaggiore) ist ein italienischer Leichtathlet nigerianischer Herkunft, der sich hauptsächlich auf den 200-Meter-Sprint spezialisiert hat. 2021 gewann er die Goldmedaille mit der italienischen 4-mal-100-Meter-Staffel bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 2020 in Tokio.

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- [en] Fausto Desalu

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[es] Eseosa Desalu

Eseosa Fostine Desalu –conocido como Fausto Desalu– (Casalmaggiore, 19 de febrero de 1994) es un deportista italiano de origen nigeriano que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de velocidad.[1] Participó en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020, obteniendo una medalla de oro en la prueba de 4×100 m.[2][3]

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[fr] Eseosa Desalu

Eseosa Fostine Desalu dit Fausto Desalu[1] (né le 19 février 1994 à Casalmaggiore) est un athlète italien, spécialiste du 200 mètres et du relais. Le 6 août 2021, il fait partie de l’équipe italienne qui remporte le relais 4 x 100 m aux Jeux olympiques de Tokyo.

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[it] Fausto Desalu

Eseosa Fostine Desalu, detto Fausto (Casalmaggiore, 19 febbraio 1994), è un velocista italiano, campione olimpico della staffetta 4×100 metri ai Giochi di Tokyo 2020.

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[ru] Десалу, Эсеоса

Эсеоса Фостине Фаусто Десалу (итал. Eseosa Fostine Desalu; род. 19 февраля 1994[2], Казальмаджоре, Ломбардия) — итальянский легкоатлет, чемпион Олимпийских игр 2020 в Токио в эстафете 4×100 м. Специализируется на 200 метров выиграв серебряную медаль в этом мероприятии в 2018 году Средиземноморских игр[3]. Победитель на дистанции 200 метров на Всемирных военных играх 2015 года. Его лучший результат на дистанции — 20,13 секунды, установленный в 2018 году.

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