Giorgio Venturi Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Shot put
Club:	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Birth Date:	23 June 1966
Birth Place:	Salerno
Height:	1.87 m
Weight:	102 kg
Pb:	Shot put: 19.67 m (1996)
Country:	Italy

Giorgio Venturi (born 23 June 1966) is a former Italian shot putter who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

He participated at the competition which was one of the best team results of the Italian national athletics team in the shot put events at the International competitions. This happened at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Stockholm, when three athletes participated in the competition, one won the race (Dal Soglio) and one ranked fourth (Fantini). Venturi was 14th but could not reach the final for only 15 centimeters.

National titles

• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships^[2]
  • Shot put

1989

Notes and References

1. Web site: Italy Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094055/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1996/ATH/. dead. 17 April 2020. sports-reference.com. 15 September 2017.
2. Web site: ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 15 September 2017.