| National Team: | Italy 19 caps (2012–) |
| Birth Date: | 1992 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Civitanova Marche, Italy |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | High jump |
| Height: | 1.91 m[1] |
| Weight: | 76 kg |
| Highestranking: | 1 (weeks 46) |
Gianmarco Tamberi (pronounced as /it/; born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, previous Olympic champion (2020), European outdoor champion (2024) and World outdoor champion (2023).[2]
He won the 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so,[3] and repeated this in 2022.[4]
Until 2022 Tamberi was coached by his father, Marco Tamberi, who held the indoor Italian record in 1983 with a height of 2.28 m.[5]
In 2015, Tamberi broke the Italian high jump record twice—first with a jump of 2.34 m in Cologne, and second with a 2.37 m in Eberstadt, where he was second behind Derek Drouin. He later finished 8th at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing with a clearance of 2.25 m.
During winter 2016, Tamberi won every contest he participated at. He won in Banska Bystrica with 2.35 m, a new Italian indoor record, equalled by Marco Fassinotti in the same event. He won in Třinec after clearing 2.33 m. At the 2016 High Jump Moravia Tour, he recorded a jump of 2.38 m, enough to beat Chris Baker of Great Britain and Kyriakos Ioannou of Cyprus, and which gave him the Italian indoor high jump record. He won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Portland in March 2016 with a jump of 2.36 m.
Tamberi was unable to compete at the 2016 Olympics due to an injury earlier in the season.
At major competitions, he is known for sporting a full beard during qualification and shaving half of it for the final.[6] [7]
On 1 August 2021, he along with Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim were declared tied winners of the men's high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics after both had cleared 2.37m.[8] Tamberi and Barshim shared the gold medal in a rare instance in Olympic history of athletes of different nations agreeing to share the same medal.[9] [10] After the failed jumps Barshim asked the referee "Can we have two golds?" and when hearing the answer was yes, embraced Tamberi saying "History, my friend".[11] [12]
At the 2022 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game, Tamberi appeared on Dominique Wilkins's team, and made a putback dunk.[13] He was the first high jump champion to appear in the Celebrity Game.[14]
Tamberi won the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, besting America's JuVaughn Harrison on a countback after both cleared the same 2.36 metre height.[15]
On 13 June 2024, Tamberi and Olympic fencer Arianna Errigo received the tricolor flag from the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.[16] He received media attention after accidentally losing his wedding ring in the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the 2024 games.[17]
Hustopeče, 13 February 2016) – Current holderBest outdoor World ranking of Tamberi was 2nd in 2016, but he was indoor World leader in 2016 and 2021.[19]
| Year (age) | Performance | Venue | Date | World Ranking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (32) | 2.37 m | 11 June | 1st | ||
| 2023 (31) | 2.36 m | 22 August | 2nd | ||
| 2022 (30) | 2.34 m | 7 September | 3th | ||
| 2021 (29) | 2.37 m | 1 August | 1st | ||
| 2020 (28) | 2.30 m | 28 June | 3rd | ||
| 2019 (27) | 2.28 m | 2 October | 23rd | ||
| 2018 (26) | 2.33 m | 26 August | 8th | ||
| 2017 (25) | 2.29 m |  London | 18 August | 29th | |
| 2016 (24) | 2.39 m | 15 July | 2nd | ||
| 2015 (23) | 2.37 m | 2 August | 3rd | ||
| 2014 (22) | 2.29 m | 27 August | 21st | ||
| 2013 (21) | 2,25 m | 28 July | 52nd | ||
| 2012 (20) | 2.31 m | 8 July | 12th | ||
| 2011 (19) | 2.25 m | 23 July | 55th | ||
| 2010 (18) | 2.14 m | 6 June | – | ||
| 2009 (17) | 2.07 m | 9 July | – |
| Year (age) | Performance | Venue | Date | World Ranking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (29) | 2.35 m | 21 February | 1st | ||
| 2020 (28) | 2.31 m | 29 February | 6th | ||
| 2019 (27) | 2.32 m | 15 February | 2nd | ||
| 2018 (26) | 2.25 m | 27 January | 35th | ||
| 2017 (25) | he did not play the indoor season | ||||
| 2016 (24) | 2.38 m | 13 February | 1st | ||
| 2015 (23) | 2.28 m | 7 March | 23rd | ||
| 2013 (22) | 2.30 m | 6 February | 11th | ||
| 2012 (20) | 2.20 m | 8 February | 100th | ||
| 8 January | |||||
| 2011 (19) | 2.21 m | 13 February | 70th | ||
| 2010 (18) | 2.10 m | 6 February |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Measure | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | 21st (q) | High jump | 2.10 m | |||
| 2011 | European Junior Championships | 3rd | High jump | 2.25 m | = | ||
| 2012 | European Championships | 5th | High jump | 2.24 m | |||
| Olympic Games | 21st (q) | High jump | 2.21 m | ||||
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | 5th | High jump | 2.29 m | |||
| European U23 Championships | 13th (q) | High jump | 2.17 m | ||||
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich | 7th | High jump | 2.26 m | ||
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | 7th | High jump | 2.24 m | |||
 Beijing | 8th | High jump | 2.25 m | ||||
| 2016 |  Portland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 2.36 m | ||
| European Championships | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 2.32 m | |||
| 2017 | London | 13th (q) | High jump | 2.29 m | |||
| 2019 | Glasgow | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 2.32 m | = | |
| 2021 |  Toruń | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | High jump | 2.35 m | ||
| Olympic Games |  Tokyo | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 2.37 m | ||
| 2022 |  Belgrade | 3rd | High jump | 2.31 m | |||
| European Championships | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 2.30 m | |||
| 2023 | European Team Championships | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 2.29 m | ||
| World Championships | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 2.36 m | |||
| 2024 | European Championships | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 2.37 m | ||
| Olympic Games |  Paris | 11th | High jump | 2.22 m |
London, 2.28 m Hustopeče, 2.38 m
Rabat, 2.25 m (6th)
Rome, 2.30 m Birmingham, 2.20 m (8th) Paris, Rabat, 2.27 m Birmingham, 2.20 m (7th)
Brussels, 2.31 m (3rd)Tamberi won the national championships 9 times.[21] [22]