Giampaolo Urlando Explained

Giampaolo Urlando
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Hammer throw
Club:	Snia Milano
Birth Date:	1945 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Padua, Italy
Weight:	1000NaN0
Pb:	Hammer throw: 78.16 m (1984)

Giampaolo Urlando (born 7 January 1945, in Padova) is a retired Italian hammer thrower.

Biography

He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for testosterone use.^[1]

Achievements

1979	Mediterranean Games	Split, Yugoslavia	1st
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	7th
1981	World Cup	Rome, Italy	3rd
1982		Athens, Greece	11th
1983	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	1st
		Helsinki, Finland	13th	72.06 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	DSQ

National titles

Giampaolo Urlando has won 10 times the individual national championship.^[2]

• 10 wins in Hammer throw (1967, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)

See also

• Italian all-time top lists - Hammer throw

Notes and References

1. Web site: PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI. sportolimpico.it. 7 November 2012.
2. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 7 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf . 24 December 2012 .