Silvano Simeon | |
Nationality: | Italian |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Discus throw |
Club: | Snia Milan |
Birth Date: | 1945 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Visco, Italy |
Retired: | 1982 |
Death Place: | Turin, Italy |
Weight: | 115kg (254lb) |
Pb: | 65.10 m (1976) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Silvano Simeon (27 October 1945 – 12 December 2010) was an Italian discus thrower. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in 10th and 19th place, respectively.[1]
During his career Simeon won 10 national titles (1966, 1967, 1969–1974, 1977, 1979),[2] and took part in 52 international competitions.[3] In retirement he worked as athletics coach.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Performance | Notes | |||
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1966 | align=left | European Championships | align=left | Budapest | 6th | 55.96 m | ||
1971 | align=left | European Championships | align=left | Helsinki | elim. qual. | NM | ||
1972 | align=left | Olympic Games | align=left | Munich | 6th | 59.34 m | ||
1974 | align=left | European Championships | align=left | Rome | 14th | 56.14 m | [4] | |
1976 | align=left | Olympic Games | align=left | Montreal | 19th | 59.06 m | ||
1978 | align=left | European Championships | align=left | Prague | 12th | 59.16 m |