Dario Dester Explained

Nationality:Italian
National Team:Italy
Sport:Athletics
Event:Combined events
Club:C.S. Carabinieri
Birth Date:22 July 2000
Birth Place:Gavardo, Italy
Coach:Pietro Frittolie
Height:1.85 m
Pb:
  • Decathlon: 8235 (2024)
  • Heptathlon: 6076 (2021)

Dario Dester (born 22 July 2000) is an Italian decathlete, current national record holder of the decathlon outdoor and heptathlon indoor.

Career

On August 16, 2022, at the Munich 2022 European Championships he beat the decathlon Italian record of Beniamino Poserina which had stood for 26 years.[1]

Statistics

National records

Personal Best Events

Event Performance Venue Date Points
100 m10.76Grosseto30 Aprile 2022915
Long jump7.61 mArona, Tenerife12 June 2021962
Shot put14.56 mMunich15 August 2022763
High jump2.07 mSaronno27 April 2019868
400 m47.70Arona, Tenerife4 June 2022924
110 m hs14.11Modena25 April 2022960
Discus throw43.04 mMunich16 July 2022727
Pole vault4.95 mSaronno29 May 2021895
Javelin throw57.24 mMunich16 August 2022687
1500 m4:28.64Grosseto1 May 2022754

Achievements

Year Competition Venue RankEventPerformanceNotes
2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń7thHeptathlon5835 pts
European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn4thHeptathlon7935 pts
2022European ChampionshipsMunich6thDecathlon8218 pts
2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbulHeptathlonDNF

National titles

Dester has won four national championship at individual senior level.[5] [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Europei di Atletica, meraviglia Dester: è nuovo primato italiano nel decathlon. it. ilfaroonline.it. 16 August 2022. 17 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Dester, record italiano nell'eptathlon. E ora sogna le Olimpiadi. it. laprovinciacr.it. 22 February 2021. 8 March 2021.
  3. Web site: CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR Ancona, 20 e 21 febbraio 2021 - EPTATHLON UOMINI - RISULTATI. it. fidal.it. 21 February 2021. 8 March 2021.
  4. Web site: Men Decathlon - Event Summary. european-athletics.com. 12 June 2024.
  5. Web site: CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR - Ancona, 20 e 21 febbraio 2021. fidal.it. 8 March 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021 Italian Athletics Championships - Results. fidal.it. it. 26 June 2021. 27 June 2021.