Giovanni Faloci

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Giovanni Faloci
Personal information
National team Italy
Born (1985-10-13) 13 October 1985 (age 40)
Umbertide, Italy
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
 Discus throw
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached byLorenzo Campanelli
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Discus throw: 67.36 m (2021)

Giovanni Faloci (13 October 1985) is an Italian discus thrower. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Discus throw. [1]

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Biography

Giovanni Faloci has 9 caps in national team from 2007. [2] In his career, with Italy national athletics team, he participated at one edition of European Athletics Championships (2012), two of the Summer Universiade (2007 and 2011), one of the Mediterranean Games (2009), three of the European Team Championships (2010, 2011, 2013) and in 2013, with 64.77 m fifth best measure of all-time in Italy, he obtained the IAAF Standard for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. [3] [4]

Progression

  Personal Best
YearPerformanceVenueDate
202167.36 Flag of Italy.svg Spoleto 29 June
202061.87 Flag of Italy.svg Padua 29 August
201965.30 Flag of Italy.svg Latina 6 July
201864.19 Flag of Italy.svg Tarquinia 13 June
201763.66 Flag of Italy.svg San Benedetto del Tronto 21 May
201660.58 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Leiria 30 April
201562.50 Flag of Italy.svg Tarquinia 21 May
201462.07 Flag of Italy.svg Donnas 13 July
201364.77 Flag of Italy.svg Tarquinia 4 June
201264.24 Flag of Italy.svg Tarquinia 27 May
201163.89 Flag of Italy.svg Tarquinia 9 June
201062.19 Flag of Italy.svg Viterbo 19 June
200962.56 Flag of Italy.svg Fabriano 16 May
200861.19 Flag of Italy.svg Viterbo 18 June
200758.52 Flag of Italy.svg Rome 11 February
200660.38 Flag of Italy.svg Macerata 20 May
200557.49 Flag of Italy.svg Grosseto 5 June

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 23rd (q)Discus throw 47.16 m
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 7thDiscus throw 55.84 m
2011 European Team Championships Stockholm, Sweden 9thDiscus throw 56.09 m
Summer Universiade Shenzhen, China 7thDiscus throw 60.27 m
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 25th (q)Discus throw 57.67 m
2013 European Team Championships Gateshead, United Kingdom 7thDiscus throw 58.02 m [5]
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 4thDiscus throw 60.16 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 21st (q)Discus throw 59.27 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 30th (q)Discus throw 59.77 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 29th (q)Discus throw 57.33 m
2022 Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 10thDiscus throw 57.30 m

National titles

He has won 13 times the individual national championship. [2] [6] [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics FALOCI Giovanni". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 Annuario dell'Atletica 2013. FIDAL. 2013.
  3. ↑ "IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, MOSCOW 2013 10 AUGUST – 18 AUGUST 2013 - ENTRY STANDARDS" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "GRADUATORIE ITALIANE 2013 - 2013 ITALIAN LISTS OUTDOOR" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "2013 European Team Championships2013 European Team Championships - Results". EAA. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  6. ↑ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Assoluti: altri 4 azzurri allo standard olimpico" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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