Agostino Ghesini

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Agostino Ghesini
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1958-08-04) 4 August 1958 (age 64)
Ravenna, Italy
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Javelin throw

Agostino Ghesini (born 4 August 1958) is a retired male javelin thrower from Italy.

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Biography

He finished in 23rd place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. [1] He set his personal best (89.12 m) in 1983.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 8th81.10 m
1983 Mediterranean Games Casablanca, Morocco 1st79.28 m
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, California, United States23rd72.96 m

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Agostino Ghesini". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.