Gianmarco Tamberi
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Nickname(s) | Gimbo Halfshave | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Italy: 14 caps (2012–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Civitanova Marche, Italy | 1 June 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coached by | Marco Tamberi (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gianmarco Tamberi (born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, current Olympic champion (2020 Summer Olympics) and World indoor champion (2016).[3]
He won 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so.[4]
Career[]
Gianmarco is coached by his father, Marco Tamberi, who held the indoor Italian record in 1983 with a height of 2.28 m.
In 2015, Tamberi broke the Italian high jump record twice—first with a jump of 2.34 m in Cologne, and second with a 2.37 m in Eberstadt, where he was second behind Derek Drouin. He later finished 8th at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing with a clearance of 2.25 m.
During winter 2016, Tamberi won every contest he participated at. He won in Banska Bystrica with 2.35 m, a new Italian indoor record, equalled by Marco Fassinotti in the same event. He won in Trinec after clearing 2.33 m. At the 2016 High Jump Moravia Tour, he recorded a jump of 2.38 m, enough to beat Chris Baker of Great Britain and Kyriakos Ioannou of Cyprus, and which gave him the Italian indoor high jump record. He won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Portland in March 2016 with a jump of 2.36 m.
Tamberi was unable to compete at the 2016 Olympics due to an injury earlier in the season.
At major competitions, he is known for sporting a full beard during qualification and shaving half of it for the final.[5]
On 1 August 2021, he along with Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim were declared tied winners of the men's high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics after a nail-biting tie between both of them as they cleared 2.37m.[6] Both Tamberi and Barshim agreed to share the gold medal in a rare instance in Olympic history where the athletes of different nations agreed to share the same medal.[7][8] Barshim in particular was quoted in his postmatch presentation asking, "Can we have two golds?"[9]
National records[]
- High jump outdoor: 2.39 ( Monaco, 15 July 2016) - Current holder.[10]
- High jump indoor: 2.38 ( Hustopece, 13 February 2016) - Current holder
Progression[]
Best outdoor World ranking of Tamberi was 2nd in 2016, but he was indoor World leader in 2016 and 2021.[11]
- Outdoor
Year (age) | Performance | Venue | Date | World Ranking |
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2021 (29) | 2.37 m | Tokyo | 1 August | 1st[note 1] |
2020 (28) | 2.30 m | Ancona | 28 June | 3rd |
2019 (27) | 2.28 m | Rome | 2 October | 23rd |
2018 (26) | 2.33 m | Eberstadt | 26 August | 8th |
2017 (25) | 2.29 m | London | 18 August | 29th |
2016 (24) | 2.39 m | Monaco | 15 July | 2nd |
2015 (23) | 2.37 m | Eberstadt | 2 August | 3rd |
2014 (22) | 2.29 m | Ancona | 27 August | 21st |
2013 (21) | 2,25 m | Milan | 28 July | 52nd |
2012 (20) | 2.31 m | Bressanone | 8 July | 12th |
2011 (19) | 2.25 m | Tallinn | 23 July | 55th |
2010 (18) | 2.14 m | Florence | 6 June | - |
2009 (17) | 2.07 m | Bressanone | 9 July | - |
- Indoor
Year (age) | Performance | Venue | Date | World Ranking |
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2021 (29) | 2.35 m | Ancona | 21 February | 1st |
2020 (28) | 2.31 m | Siena | 29 February | 6th |
2019 (27) | 2.32 m | Ancona | 15 February | 2nd |
2018 (26) | 2.25 m | Hustopece | 27 January | 35th |
2017 (25) | he did not dispute the indoor season | |||
2016 (24) | 2.38 m | Hustopece | 13 February | 1st |
2015 (23) | 2.28 m | Prague | 7 March | 23rd |
2013 (22) | 2.30 m | Banská Bystrica | 6 February | 11th |
2012 (20) | 2.20 m | Banská Bystrica | 8 February | 100th |
Ancona | 8 January | |||
2011 (19) | 2.21 m | Ancona | 13 February | 70th |
2010 (18) | 2.10 m | Ancona | 6 February |
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Measure | Notes |
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2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton | 21st (q) | High jump | 2.10 m | |
2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn | 3rd | High jump | 2.25 m | PB = |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki | 5th | High jump | 2.24 m | [note 2] |
Olympic Games | London | 21st (q) | High jump | 2.21 m | ||
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Göteborg | 5th | High jump | 2.29 m | |
European U23 Championships | Tampere | 13th (q) | High jump | 2.17 m | ||
2014 | European Championships | Zurich | 7th | High jump | 2.26 m | SB |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague | 7th | High jump | 2.24 m | |
World Championships | Beijing | 8th | High jump | 2.25 m | ||
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland | 1st | High jump | 2.36 m | |
European Championships | Amsterdam | 1st | High jump | 2.32 m | ||
2017 | World Championships | London | 13th (q) | High jump | 2.29 m | SB |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow | 1st | High jump | 2.32 m | SB = |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń | 2nd | High jump | 2.35 m | |
Olympic Games | Tokyo | 1st | High jump | 2.37 m | SB |
- Meetings
- 2015
- London Grand Prix (Diamond League) - London, 2.28 m
- Meeting Eberstadt - Eberstadt, 2.37 m NR
- Weltklasse (Diamond League) - Zürich, 2.23 m (5th)
- 2016
- High Jump Moravia Tour - Hustopece, 2.38 m NR
- Meeting International Mohammed VI (Diamond League) - Rabat, 2.25 m (6th)
- Golden Gala (Diamond League) - Rome, 2.30 m
- Müller Grand Prix (Diamond League) - Birmingham, 2.20 m (8th)
- Herculis (Diamond League) - Monte Carlo, 2.39 m NR
- 2017
- Meeting de Paris (Diamond League) - Paris, NM
- Meeting International Mohammed VI (Diamond League) - Rabat, 2.27 m
- Müller Grand Prix (Diamond League) - Birmingham, 2.20 m (7th)
- Weltklasse (Diamond League) - Zürich, 2.16 m (12th)
- 2018
- Athletissima (Diamond League) - Lausanne, 2.25 m (9th)
- Herculis (Diamond League) - Monte Carlo, 2.27 m (5th) SB
- Eberstadt Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting - Eberstadt, 2.33 m (2nd) SB
- Memorial van Damme (Diamond League) - Brussels, 2.31 m (3rd)
National titles[]
Tamberi won the national championships eight times.[12][13]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
- Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2016, 2019, 2021
See also[]
- List of Italian records in athletics
- Italian all-time top lists - High jump
- Men's high jump Italian record progression
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b "GIANMARCO TAMBERI". coni.it. CONI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Tamberi e Zanon, ingresso in Fiamme Oro" (in Italian). fidal.it. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "REPORT: MEN'S HIGH JUMP – IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PORTLAND 2016". iaafg.org. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Athletics: it is the year of Tamberi, he triumphs in Zurich jumping 2.34. First Italian to win the Diamond League". breakinglatest.news. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Le sette curiosità che non sapete su Tamberi, l'ultima speranza azzurra" (in Italian). eurosport.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "'Can we have 2?' Barshim, Tamberi share HJ gold". ESPN.com. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "WATCH : "Can we have two golds" Two players share Gold after tie in Olympics". NewsWire. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 news - Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi make shock decision to share high jump gold". Eurosport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "High jumpers agree to share Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "TAMBERI FOLLOWS RECORD HIGH WITH HEART-BREAKING LOW IN MONACO". IAAF. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Season Top Lists - Senior Outdoor High Jump Men". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Gianmarco Tamberi - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
External links[]
- Gianmarco Tamberi at World Athletics
- Gianmarco Tamberi at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Gianmarco Tamberi at Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Gianmarco Tamberi at Diamond League
- Gianmarco Tamberi at Olympics.com
- Gianmarco Tamberi at Olympedia
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Civitanova Marche
- Sportspeople from Marche
- Italian male high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Diamond League winners