Angiolo Profeti

Angiolo Profeti

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1918-05-23)23 May 1918 Castelfiorentino, Italy
Died	1981 Ferrara, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	108 kg (238 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put Discus throw
Club	Giglio Rosso Firenze
Retired	1954
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Shot put: 15.42 m (1952)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Italy European Championships 1950 Brussels Shot put Mediterranean Games Shot put Discus throw 1951 Alexandria Shot put

Angiolo Profeti (Castelfiorentino, 23 May 1918 – Ferrara, 1981), was an Italian shot putter and discus thrower.

Biography[]

Profeti has 26 caps in Italy national athletics team.^[1] In his career, he participated in an edition of the Olympic Games and won 15 national championships in discus throw,^[2] and its record for speciality ex aequo with Adolfo Consolini.

Achievements[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
1950	European Championships	Brussels	2nd	Shot put	15.16 m	[3]
1951	Mediterranean Games	Alexandria	2nd	Shot put	15.02 m
1952	Olympic Games	Helsinki	12th	Shot put	14.74 m

National tiles[]

• 15 wins in shot put at the Italian Athletics Championships (1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954)
• 1 win in discus throw at the Italian Athletics Championships (1950)

References[]

External links[]

• Angiolo Profeti at Olympedia