Fausto Desalu

Fausto Desalu
Desalu in 2022
Personal information
Full nameEseosa Fostine Desalu
National teamItaly
Born (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 30)
Casalmaggiore, Italy
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by
  • Giangiacomo Contini
  • Sebastian Bacchieri
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 10.21 (2022)
  • 200 m: 20.13 (2018)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay
World Relays
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chorzów 4×100 m relay
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Silesia 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bydgoszcz 200 m
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 200 m
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Mungyeong 200 m
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Eseosa Fostine "Fausto" Desalu (Italian pronunciation: [ezeˈoːza ˈfausto deˈzaːlu];[1] 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[2] and a gold medal in the 4×100 m relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

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.

  1. ^ "DESALU Eseosa Fostine". Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ "NOC Medallist by Sport - Italy". tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Olympics: Italy win men's 4x100m relay - English". ANSA.it. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.