Daniele Greco

For an Italian footballer, see Daniele Greco (footballer).

Daniele Greco

Greco after his victory at Goteborg 2013
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 36) Nardò, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump
Club	G.S. Fiamme Oro
Coached by	Umberto Pegoraro
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Triple jump: 17.47 m (2012) Triple jump indoor: 17.70 m (2013)
Medal record European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg Triple jump European U23 Championships 2009 Kaunas Triple jump Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Triple jump 2009 Pescara Triple jump

Daniele Greco (born 1 March 1989) is an Italian athlete competing in the triple jump.

Biography

On 9 June 2012 at Potenza, he jumped 17.47 m, that is the 2nd best performance in Italy of all-time, after the national record of Fabrizio Donato with the measure of 17.73 m. ^[1] He won the National Championships in Brixen on 8 July 2012 with 17.67m (+3.4), defeating the European champion, Fabrizio Donato. In Goteborg 2013 he jumped is new personal best with the measure of 17.70 m and best year performance. ^[2]

His best international result was the 4th place at the 2012 Summer Olympics ^[3] and the gold medal at the 2013 European Indoor Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Result	Measure	Notes
Representing   Italy
2007	European Junior Championships	Hengelo	12th	15.00 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz	4th	16.33 m (wind: -1.2 m/s)
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin	14th (q)	15.76 m
	Mediterranean Games	Pescara	3rd	16.64 m
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas	1st	17.20 m (wind: 1.8 m/s)
	World Championships	Berlin	34th (q)	16.18 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha	19th (q)	15.60 m
	European Championships	Barcelona	17th (q)	16.51 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris	8th	16.24 m
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava	4th	16.55 m w(wind: +2.3 m/s)
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul	5th	17.28 m
	European Championships	Helsinki	23rd (q)	15.90 m
	Olympic Games	London	4th	17.34 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg	1st	17.70 m
	Mediterranean Games	Mersin	1st	17.13 m

National titles

• 1 win in triple jump at the Italian Athletics Championships (2012)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Triple jump

References

1. "Greco esordio boom 17,47" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
2. "Greco smashes his best to take triple jump gold in world-leading 17.70m". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniele Greco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

External links

• Daniele Greco at World Athletics
• Daniele Greco at Diamond League
• Daniele Greco at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Daniele Greco at Olympics.com
• Daniele Greco at Olympedia
• Daniele Greco at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Daniele Greco at The-Sports.org