Donato Sabia was born in
Potenza and won two medals, at senior level, at the
International athletics competitions, one of these with
national relay team. He participated at two editions of the
Summer Olympics (1984, 1988), reaching, in both cases, the
Olympic 800 metres final; he had 17 caps in
national team from 1982 to 1988. His personal best time was 1:43.88 minutes, achieved in June 1984 in
Florence. In the
400 metres he had 45.73 seconds, achieved in June 1984 in
Milan. Donato Sabia died on 7 April 2020, in San Carlo Hospital, in Potenza, from
COVID-19, having on 31 March 2020 also lost his father to the same disease. He was 56. ==Achievements==