Paolo Piapan Explained

Paolo Piapan
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Triple jump
Club:	CUS Roma
Birth Date:	1956 8, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Trieste, Italy
Pb:	Triple jump: 16.54 m (1979)
Country:	Italy

Paolo Piapan (born 31 August 1956, in Trieste) is a retired Italian triple jumper.

Biography

He finished fifth at the 1971 European Indoor Championships in Milan.^[1]

His personal best jump was 16.54 metres, achieved in May 1979 in Salsomaggiore.^[2] The Italian record currently belongs to Fabrizio Donato with 17.60 metres.^[3] He has 23 caps in national team from 1975 to 1986.^[4]

National titles

Paolo Piapan has won 5 times the individual national championship.^{[5] [6]}

• 3 wins in the triple jump (1976, 1978, 1981)
• 2 wins in the triple jump indoor (1978, 1979)

See also

• Triple jump winners of Italian Athletics Championships

External links

• • Paolo Piapan at All-athletics.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1978/m78_10.html 1978 European Indoor Championships, men's triple jump final
2. http://digilander.libero.it/atleticaleggera/ALL-TIME/24.htm Italian all-time list, men's triple jump
3. http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/EUROPE/PLEINAIR/ESP.htm Spanish athletics records
4. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
5. Web site: "Campionati "Assolluti" Italiani sul Podio Tricolore – 1906 2012. sportolimpico.it. 6 December 2012. 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. 6 December 2012.