Silvano Chesani

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Silvano Chesani
Silvano Chesani.jpg
Chesani in 2015.
Personal information
National team Italy
Born (1988-07-17) 17 July 1988 (age 36)
Trento, Italy
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
Club G.S. Fiamme Oro
Coached byGiuliano Corradi
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • High jump: 2.33 m (2013)
Medal record
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Prague High jump
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Mersin High jump

Silvano Chesani (born 17 July 1988) is an Italian high jumper.

Contents

Biography

In his career he participated in two editions of the World Athletics Championships and won two national championship. In 2012, he jumped 2.31, his personal best, obtaining the qualification standard for 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] In 2007 he was warned after testing positive for Formoterol. [2]

In the indoor sean 2013, at the 2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships equals the Italian record in the high jump, [3] 24-year-old was in fact the former was established by Marcello Benvenuti in 1989. [4]

National records

Progression

Outdoor
YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld Ranking
20122.22 Flag of Italy.svg Brixen 8-7-2012
20112.28 Flag of Italy.svg Orvieto
Flag of Italy.svg Turin
26-6-2011
22-5-2011
18th
20102.25 Flag of Italy.svg Lodi 16-5-2010
20092.24 Flag of Lithuania.svg Kaunas 18-7-2009
20082.12 Flag of Italy.svg Formia 24-5-2008
20072.21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hengelo 21-7-2007
20062.15 Flag of Italy.svg Pergine Valsugana 1-9-2006
Indoor
YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld Ranking
20132.33 Flag of Italy.svg Ancona 17-2-20135th
20122.31 Flag of Italy.svg Ancona 26-2-20129th
20112.22 Flag of Italy.svg Dresden 28/01/2011

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueResultEventMeasureNotes
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2007 European Junior Championships Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hengelo 5thHigh jump2.21 m
2009 European U23 Championships Flag of Lithuania.svg Kaunas 5thHigh jump 2.24 m Sport records icon PB.svg
2011 World Championships Flag of South Korea.svg Daegu 22ndHigh jump 2.25 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul 15th (q)High jump 2.22 m [5]
2013 European Indoor Championships Flag of Sweden.svg Gothenburg Qual. High jump 2.23 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague 2nd High jump 2.31 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade 6th High jump 2.27 m

National titles

See also

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