Itai Maggidi
Itai Maggidi is an Israeli long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Biography
Itai Maggidi is Jewish. He attended Clemson University.Sports career
Itai Maggidi finished 6th at the 2000 [World Junior Championships in Athletics|2000 World Junior Championships], 11th at the 2006 [European Athletics Championships|2006 European Championships] and 12th at the 2007 European [Athletics Indoor Championships|2007 European Indoor Championships]. He also competed at the 2007 [World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|2007 World Championships] and competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the Athletics at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metre steeplechase|2008 Olympic Games 3000 metre steeplechase] without reaching the final.His personal best time is 8:24.14 minutes, achieved in July 2008 in Longeville-lès-Metz. This is the Israeli record. He also has 3:41.73 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Heusden-Zolder; 7:55.42 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham; and 29:29.34 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in March 2006 in Palo Alto.