Andrea Giannini Explained

Andrea Giannini
Nationality:Italian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Pole vault
Club:G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Birth Date:1976 12, df=y
Birth Place:Grosseto, Italy
Weight:800NaN0
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  • Pole vault: 5.65 m (1997)
Country: Italy

Andrea Giannini (born 18 December 1976) is a retired Italian pole vaulter.

Biography

He won the bronze medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, and the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games.[1] He finished tenth at the 2003 Summer Universiade, and competed at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and the 1997 World Championships without reaching the final. He became Italian champion in 1997 (indoor) and 1998.[2]

His personal best jump was 5.65 metres, achieved in July 1997 in Milan.[3] After retirement, he became a sport journalist and athletics coach. He coaches the paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius during his trainings in Italy.

National titles

He has won 2 times the individual national championship.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. 18 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100317001812/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm. 17 March 2010 . live.
  2. Web site: Italian Championships. GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. 18 February 2010.
  3. http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-m26.htm World men's all-time best pole vault
  4. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 1 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf . 24 December 2012 .