Paolo Camossi Explained

National Team:	Italy
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Triple jumper
Club:	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Coach:	Giancarlo Medesani
Birth Date:	1974 1, df=y
Birth Place:	Gorizia, Italy
Height:	1.76 m
Weight:	72 kg
Pb:	Triple jump: 17.45 m (2000) Long Jump: 8.16 m (1998)

Paolo Camossi (born 6 January 1974) is an Italian coach and former triple jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships.

From September 2015 he is the coach of Marcell Jacobs.^[1]

Biography

Paolo Camossi won four medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[2] He participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (2000), he has 19 caps in national team from 1995 to 2006.^[3] His personal best was 17.45 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Milan. This result places him third on the all-time Italian performers list, behind Fabrizio Donato.^[4]

Statistics

Achievements

1997		Bari, Italy	1st	Triple jump	16.63 m
1998		Budapest, Hungary	7th	Long jump	7.98 m
			19th	Triple jump	16.24 m
1999		Seville, Spain	5th	Triple jump	17.29 m
2000		Ghent, Belgium	3rd	Triple jump
		Sydney, Australia	8th	Triple jump	16.96 m
2001		Lisbon, Portugal	1st	Triple jump
		Edmonton, Canada	11th	Triple jump

National titles

He has won 9 times the individual national championship.^{[5] [6]}

• 7 wins in the triple jump (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)
• 2 wins in the triple jump indoor (1996, 2000)

Palmares as coach of Marcell Jacobs

The meeting with Marcell Jacobs takes place in 2015, when Marcell is only 21 years old, from September of that same year he officially becomes his coach.^[7]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2016	Mediterranean U23 Championships	Tunis	bgcolor=gold	1st	Long jump	7.95 m
	European Championships	Amsterdam	11th	Long jump	7.59 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade		Long jump	7.70 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin	11th	100 m	10.28
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow		Long jump	NM
		Yokohama	Final	relay	DNF
	align=left rowspan=2	World Championships	align=left rowspan=2	Doha	19th	100 m	10.20
	10th	relay	38.11
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń	bgcolor=gold	1st	60 m	6.47	,
	World Relays	Chorzów	bgcolor=gold	1st	4×100 m relay	39.21	^[8]
	align=left rowspan=2	Olympic Games	align=left rowspan=2	Tokyo	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	9.80
	bgcolor=gold	1st	4×100 m relay	37.50	,
2022	align=left	World Indoor Championships	align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st	60 m	6.41	,
	align=left	World Championships	align=left	Eugene	N/A	100 m	10.04
	align=left	European Championships	align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	9.95	,
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul	bgcolor=silver	2nd	60 m	6.50

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Long jump
• Italian all-time lists - Triple jump

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympic champion Jacobs out of Stockholm 100m after 'pain'. france24.com. 30 June 2022. 10 March 2023.
2. Web site: PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI. sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2013.
3. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
4. Web site: Statistics. iaaf.org. 1 January 2013.
5. 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.
6. Web site: ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 1 January 2013.
7. Web site: Marcell Jacobs - Biografia. fidal.it. it. 10 March 2023.
8. Web site: Results 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final. worldathletics.org. 2 May 2021. 3 May 2021.