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%EventPerformanceEvent pointsEvent placeTotal pointsTotal 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 79017 6461 12
Javelin throw 59.62 m 732 107193 11
1500 m 4:28.38756 4 7949 10

Personal best

Decathlon

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

Previous Decathlon Personal Best

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

Heptathlon

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position EventPerformanceNotes
2013European Cup Tallinn19thDecathlon7169 pts
2017European Indoor Championships Belgrade12thHeptathlon5841 pts
2018European Championships Berlin10thDecathlon7949 pts

National titles

He won 8 times the national championships.

See also

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.