Personal information | |
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National team | Italy: 13 caps (1996-2004) [1] |
Born | Catania, Italy [1] | 26 March 1973
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Javelin throw |
Club | Libertas Catania [1] |
Retired | 2006 [2] |
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Alberto Desiderio (born 26 March 1973) is a former Italian javelin thrower. [2]
His personal bests, 80.80 m set in 2001, at the end of the 2020 outdoor season is still the 5th best all-time performance of the Italian lists and in that year it was also the 46th best result in the world top-lists. [3]
Desiderio won six national championships at individual senior level. [4]
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