# Massimo Stano

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**Massimo Stano** (born 27 February 1992) is an Italian [race walker](/source/Race_walking). He competed in the [20 kilometres walk event](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk) at the [2015 World Championships in Athletics](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in Beijing, China, finishing in the 19th position,[2] and [the same event](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk) at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) held in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan, finishing in first place.[3] On 24 July 2022, Stano won the 2022 World Athletics Championships with a championship record.

He is the [world record](/source/List_of_world_records_in_athletics) holder of [35 km race walk](/source/35_km_race_walk).[4]

## Career

Born in [Grumo Appula](/source/Grumo_Appula), he grew up in [Palo del Colle](/source/Palo_del_Colle). He started with athletics at 11 years-old with the Fiamma Olimpia Palo, middle-distance running mainly, then starting at 14 years-old to practise race walking with his coach Giovanni Zaccheo. His club becomes for 4 years the Atletica Aden Exprivia [Molfetta](/source/Molfetta), the town where he trained. In 2011, he became a policeman as member of the [Fiamme Oro](/source/Gruppo_Sportivo_Fiamme_Oro). His first big athletics result comes from the [2013 European Athletics U23 Championships](/source/2013_European_Athletics_U23_Championships) in Tampere where he finished initially fourth, but where he won first the bronze medal, then the silver after the doping disqualification of 2 Russians. To improve his results, he left Palo for [Sesto San Giovanni](/source/Sesto_San_Giovanni) taking a new coach, Alessandro Gandellini.

With too many injuries, he finally decided to change again of location and went to [Castel Porziano](/source/Castel_Porziano), working and training in the barracks of the [Fiamme Oro](/source/Fiamme_Oro). His new coach becomes Patrizio Percesepe. Very quickly, he started having better results: he won the national championships with a personal best, he finished third at the [2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships](/source/2018_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Team_Championships) in Taicang, China and 4th at the [European Championships](/source/2018_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk) in Berlin, finishing at only 1 second from the podium. In June 2019, he established the new national record of 1:17:45, but then, he finished only 14th at the [2019 World Championships](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_20_kilometres_walk) in Doha. 2020 was also a difficult year with more injuries (periostitis) and with Covid pandemic he started again walking at the [European Cup](/source/2021_European_Race_Walking_Team_Championships) in Poděbrady on 16 May 2021 where he finished 8th.[5]

In 2021 he won the gold medal in 20 km race walk at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics). In 2022 he won the [35 km race walk](/source/35_kilometres_race_walk) event [2022 World Athletics Championships](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Championships) in [Eugene](/source/Eugene,_Oregon).[6] In [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) in [Paris](/source/Paris) he finished 4th at the 20 km walk event, and 6th at the [Marathon race walk mixed relay](/source/Marathon_race_walk_mixed_relay) event with [Antonella Palmisano](/source/Antonella_Palmisano).

## Personal life

In 2016, Stano married Moroccan athlete Fatima Lotfi. They have a daughter, Sophie, and live together in [Rome](/source/Rome).[7]

## Statistics

### World records

- [35 km race walk](/source/35_km_race_walk): **2:20:43** [Poděbrady](/source/Pod%C4%9Bbrady), Czech Republic, 18 May 2025 – current holder[4]

### European records

- 35 km race walk: **2:20:43** [Poděbrady](/source/Pod%C4%9Bbrady), Czech Republic, 18 May 2025 – current holder[4]
- [10,000 m race walk track](/source/10,000_m_race_walk_track): **37:33.03** [Prato](/source/Prato), Italy, 13 April 2025[4][8][a]

### National records

- 20 km race walk: **1:17:45** [A Coruña](/source/A_Coru%C3%B1a), Spain, 8 June 2019 – current holder[9]
- 35 km race walk: **2:20:43** [Poděbrady](/source/Pod%C4%9Bbrady), Czech Republic, 18 May 2025 – current holder[4]

### Achievements

**Individual**

Year Competition Venue Rank Event Time Notes 2018 World Team Championships Taicang, Taiwan 3rd 20 km race walk 1:21:33 2021 Olympics Games Tokyo, Japan 1st 20 km race walk 1:21:05 2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 1st 35 km race walk 1:21:05 2023 European Team Championships Poděbrady, Czech Republic 3rd 20 km race walk 1:20:07 2025 European Team Championships Poděbrady, Czech Republic 1st 35 km race walk 2:20:43 2026 World Team Championships Brasília, Brazil 5th Marathon race walk 3:07:38

### National titles

Stano won **five** [national championships](/source/Italian_Athletics_Championships) at [senior](/source/Senior_(athletics)) level.[1]

- [Italian Athletics Championships](/source/Italian_Athletics_Championships) - 10,000 m race walk: 2025 - [10 km walk](/source/Italian_Athletics_Championships#10_km_walk): 2018 - [20 km walk](/source/Italian_Athletics_Championships#20_km_walk): 2015, 2018, 2022[10]

## See also

- [List of world records in athletics](/source/List_of_world_records_in_athletics)
- [List of European records in athletics](/source/List_of_European_records_in_athletics)
- [Italian records in athletics](/source/Italian_records_in_athletics)
- [Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk](/source/Athletics_in_Italy#20_km_walk)
- [Italy at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup](/source/Italy_at_the_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup)
- [Italy at the European Race Walking Cup](/source/Italy_at_the_European_Race_Walking_Cup)
- [Italy at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics](/source/Italy_at_the_2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics)

## Notes

1. The record was broken by Gabriel Bordier on 2 August 2025

## References

1. ["Massimo Stano - Biografia"](https://www.fidal.it/atleta/Massimo-Stano/hKiSmZqncWY%3D) (in Italian). *fidal.it*. Retrieved 15 April 2026.

1. ["Men's 20 kilometres walk heats results"](http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-20KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

1. ["STANO Massimo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210805115620/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1299102-stano-massimo.htm). *Tokyo 2020 Olympics*. [Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games). Archived from [the original](https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1299102-stano-massimo.htm) on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

1. ["Stano smashes world 35km race walk record in Podebrady"](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-race-walking-tour/news/massimo-stano-world-35km-race-walk-record-podebrady). *World Athletics*. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

1. Buongiovanni, Andrea (5 August 2021). ["Massimo Stano: marciatore per passione, musulmano per amore"](https://www.gazzetta.it/olimpiadi/discipline/atletica/05-08-2021/olimpiadi-massimo-stano-l-oro-marcia-musulmano-amore-420202582429.shtml) (in Italian). *Gazzetta.it*

1. ["Athletics: Walker Stano adds world title to Olympic crown - TopNews - Ansa.it"](https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2022/07/25/athletics-walker-stano-adds-world-title-to-olympic-crown_0b5b6051-c595-4217-b2a6-832a8e97147c.html). *Agenzia ANSA*. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

1. ["Chi è Fatima Lotfi, la moglie e collega di Massimo Stano: Medaglia d'oro nella marcia 20 km"](https://www.ilriformista.it/chi-e-fatima-lotfi-la-moglie-e-collega-di-massimo-stano-medaglia-doro-nella-marcia-20-km-239799/) (in Italian). *ilriformista.it*. 5 August 2021.

1. ["Atletica: Stano vince a Prato con nuovo record europeo 10 km"](https://www.ansa.it/puglia/notizie/2025/04/13/atletica-stano-vince-a-prato-con-nuovo-record-europeo-10-km_d8ec87dd-ee9b-4517-82e4-bc286df960a0.html) (in Italian). *ansa.it*. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2026.

1. ["Stano primatista italiano dei 20 km di marcia"](http://www.fidal.it/content/Stano-primatista-italiano-dei-20-km-di-marcia/122018) (in Italian). *fidal.it*. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019. Annullati tutti risultati conseguiti da Alex Schwazer a far data dal 18 marzo 2012. L’1h17:45 ottenuto dall'azzurro delle Fiamme Oro sabato scorso a La Coruna è record nazionale assoluto

1. ["Marcia: Stano e Trapletti campioni della 20km"](http://www.fidal.it/content/Marcia-Stano-e-Trapletti-campioni-della-20km/112654) (in Italian). *fidal.it*. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

## External links

- [Massimo Stano](https://web.archive.org/web/20240730151451/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/massimo-stano_1568473) at the [Paris 2024 Summer Olympics](/source/Paris_2024_Summer_Olympics) (archived, [alternate link](https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/massimo-stano_1568473))
- [Massimo Stano – CONI – Paris 2024](https://parigi2024.coni.it/it/italia-team/gli-azzurri/scheda_atleta/77:MASSIMO_STANO.html) (in Italian)

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