Simone Cairoli Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Decathlon
Club:	Atletica Lecco
Birth Date:	1990 1, df=y
Birth Place:	Gallarate, Italy
Retired:	2021
Coach:	Andrea Calandrina
Height:	1.83 kg
Weight:	77 kg
Pb:	Decathlon: 7949 pts (2018)
Country:	Italy

Simone Cairoli (born 7 July 1990) is an Italian male decathlete, who won six national championships.^[1] In 2017 with his personal best had reached the 5th place in the national all-time lists and 52nd place in the seasonal world lists.^[2]

Biography

Simone Cairoli finished at 12th at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships, establishing his personal best,^[3] and was selected for 2018 European Athletics Championships.^[4]

Curiously he is a specialist of the decathlon (sport) working as a clerk at Decathlon (shop).^[5]

His first European final

After the first day of events at the 2018 European Championships, Cairoli finished 6th with 2110 points.^{[6] [7]}

	style=width:20%	Event	Performance	Event points	Event place	Total points	Total place
Day one (7 August)	100 m	10.94 (+0.3)	874	8	874	8
	Long jump	7.49 (+1.3)	932	8	1806	6
	Shot put	13.25 m	682	24	2488	7
	High jump	2.05 m	850	5	3338	5
	400 m	48.77	872	9	4210	6
Day two (8 August)	100 m hs	14.66 =	891	11	5101	4
	Discus throw	35.30 m	570	22	5671	12
	Pole vault	4,60 m	790	17	6461	12
	Javelin throw	59.62 m	732	10	7193	11
	1500 m	4:28.38	756	4	7949	10

Personal best

Decathlon

• 7942 pts (Berlin, 7–8 August 2018) at the 2018 European Championships
  • 100 m

10.94, long jump: 7.49 m, shot put: 13.25 m, high jump: 2.05 m, 400 m: 48.77;

• • 110 m hs: 14.66, discus throw: 35.30 m, pole vault: 4.60 m, javelin throw: 59.62 m, 1500 m: 4:28.30

Previous Decathlon Personal Best

• 7875 pts ( Götzis, 2 May 2017) at the 2017 Hypo-Meeting
  • 100 m

10.79, long jump: 7.37 m, shot put: 13.04 m, high jump: 2.03 m, 400 m: 49.95;

• • 110 m hs: 14.72, discus throw: 37.53 m, pole vault: 4.50 m, javelin throw: 56.36 m, 1500 m: 4:21.14

Heptathlon

• 5841 pts ( Belgrade, 5 March 2017) at the 2017 European Indoor Championships
  • 60 m: 7.04, long jump: 7.55 m, shot put: 12.21 m, high jump: 2.04 m,
  • 60 m hs: 8.31, pole vault: 4.60 m, 1000 m: 2:40.14

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2013	European Cup	Tallinn	19th	Decathlon	7169 pts
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	12th	Heptathlon	5841 pts
2018	European Championships	Berlin	10th	Decathlon	7949 pts

National titles

He won 8 times the national championships.

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Decathlon: 2015, 2016
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • Heptathlon: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019,^[8] 2020

See also

• Italian all-time top lists - Decathlon
• Italy at the 2018 European Athletics Championships

Notes and References

1. Web site: Simone Cairoli - Honours. iaaf.org. 48. 21 July 2018.
2. Web site: SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 - DECATHLON MEN. iaaf.org. 21 July 2018.
3. Web site: Elio Locatelli: "Grazie Donato, senatore tra i giovani". fidal.it. italian. 21 July 2018.
4. Web site: Berlino, 89 azzurri agli Europei. fidal.it. it. 18 July 2018. 21 July 2018.
5. Web site: Cairoli, sempre decathlo, nella vita e nello sport. laprovinciadicomo.it. it. Simone Cairoli infatti oltre ad essere il più forte decathleta italiano del momento, lavora a Saronno in un negozio della famosa catena “Decathlon”. 21 July 2018.
6. Web site: 2018 European Athletics Championships - Decathlon Men. european-athletics.org. 7 August 2018.
7. Web site: 2018 European Athletics Championships - Combined Events - DECATHLON MEN. europeanchampionships.com. 7 August 2018.
8. Web site: Conferma Cairoli: è tricolore nell'eptathlon. fidal.it. it. 29 January 2019.