Cosimo Caliandro (11 March 1982 – 10 June 2011) was an Italian middle distance runner who won a gold medal at the 2007 European Indoor Championships.

[3] He also competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival that year and he won the gold medal in the 800 metres.

[4] His first major medal came at the 2001 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he became the 1500 metres champion.

[5] As a junior athlete, he represented Italy at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships placing 100th in 2000, and improving to 68th the following year.

[7] He died on 10 June 2011, as a result of a motorbike accident in his native town of Francavilla Fontana, in southern Italy.