# Marco De Luca

Marco De Luca (born 12 May 1981 in Rome) is an Italian race walker. His best results at International level are 7th place at 2009 World Championships and 6th at 2006 European Championships and 2010 European Championships.
But the most prestigious achievement of his career was achieved in 2016, at age 35, when he finished fourth at the World Race Walking Team Championships, but was awarded the bronze medal following the disqualification for doping of the teammate Alex Schwazer, who had won the gold medal.
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 50 km walk.

## Biography

Marco De Luca won three times the individual national championship. At London 2017 for him it is the seventh consecutive participation in the World Championships. He also participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics from 2008 to 201 and four consecutive editions (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) of European Championships (in the editions of the European Championships of the Olympic years, 2012 and 2016, the race walk was not part of the program).

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| 2005 | European Race Walking Cup | Miskolc, Hungary | 13th | 50 km | 3:55:30 |
| 2005 | European Race Walking Cup | Miskolc, Hungary | 3rd | 50 km team | 30 pts |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 13th | 50 km | 3:58:32 |
| 2006 | World Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | 9th | 50 km | 3:49:43 PB |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6th | 50 km | 3:48:08 |
| 2007 | European Race Walking Cup | Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom | 8th | 50 km | 3:47:04 |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia | 8th | 50 km | 3:49:21 |
| 2008 | World Race Walking Cup | Cheboksary, Russia | 1st | 50 km team | 128 pts |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 19th | 50 km | 3:54:47 |
| 2009 | European Race Walking Cup | Metz, France | 8th | 50 km | 3:54:35 |
| 2009 | European Race Walking Cup | Metz, France | 3rd | 50 km team | 38 pts |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | 50 km | 3:46:31 |
| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, Mexico | 14th | 50 km | 4:00:45 |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 50 km | 3:48:36 |
| 2011 | European Race Walking Cup | Olhão, Portugal | 2nd | 50 km | 3:50:13 |
| 2011 | European Race Walking Cup | Olhão, Portugal | 1st | 50 km team | 16 pts |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 12th | 50 km | 3:49:40 |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 8th | 50 km | 3:49:50 |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, Great Britain | 17th | 50 km | 3:47:19 |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 15th | 50 km | 3:48:05 |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Cup | Taicang, China | 51st | 20 km | 1:23:34 |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 7th | 50 km | 3:45:25 |
| 2015 | European Race Walking Cup | Murcia, Spain | 3rd | 50 km | 3:46:21 |
| 2015 | European Race Walking Cup | Murcia, Spain | 2nd | 50 km team | 23 pts |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 16th | 50 km | 3:53:02 |
| 2016 | World Race Walking Cup | Rome, Italy | 3rd | 50 km | 3:44:47 |
| 2016 | World Race Walking Cup | Rome, Italy | 1st | 50 km team | 10 pts |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 21st | 50 km | 3:54:40 |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, England | 9th | 50 km | 3:45:02 SB |

## National titles

* Italian Athletics Championships
** 20 km walk: road: 2011
** 50 km walk: road: 2006, 2009