Giovanni Faloci
Personal information | |
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National team | Italy |
Born | Umbertide, Italy | October 13, 1985
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Discus throw |
Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle |
Coached by | Lorenzo Campanelli |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) |
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Giovanni Faloci (13 October 1985) is an Italian discus thrower. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Discus throw.[1]
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
Year | Performance | Venue | Date |
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2021 | 67.36 | Spoleto | 29 June |
2020 | 61.87 | Padua | 29 August |
2019 | 65.30 | Latina | 06 July |
2018 | 64.19 | Tarquinia | 13 June |
2017 | 63.66 | San Benedetto del Tronto | 21 May |
2016 | 60.58 | Leiria | 30 April |
2015 | 62.50 | Tarquinia | 21 May |
2014 | 62.07 | Donnas | 13 July |
2013 | 64.77 | Tarquinia | 4 June |
2012 | 64.24 | Tarquinia | 27 May |
2011 | 63.89 | Tarquinia | 9 June |
2010 | 62.19 | Viterbo | 19 June |
2009 | 62.56 | Fabriano | 16 May |
2008 | 61.19 | Viterbo | 18 June |
2007 | 58.52 | Rome | 11 February |
2006 | 60.38 | Macerata | 20 May |
2005 | 57.49 | Grosseto | 5 June |
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Italy | |||||
2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 23rd (q) | Discus throw | 47.16 m |
2007 | European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 7th | Discus throw | 55.84 m |
2011 | European Team Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 9th | Discus throw | 56.09 m |
Summer Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 7th | Discus throw | 60.27 m | |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 25th (q) | Discus throw | 57.67 m |
2013 | European Team Championships | Gateshead, United Kingdom | 7th | Discus throw | 58.02 m[5] |
2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 4th | Discus 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 |
National titles[]
He has won ten times the individual national championship.[2][6][7]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- Discus throw: 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (6)
- Italian Winter Throwing Championships
- Discus throw: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016 (4)
See also[]
- Italian all-time top lists - Discus throw
- Italy at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics
References[]
- ^ "Athletics FALOCI Giovanni - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b Annuario dell'Atletica 2013. FIDAL. 2013.
- ^ "IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, MOSCOW 2013 10 AUGUST – 18 AUGUST 2013 - ENTRY STANDARDS" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "GRADUATORIE ITALIANE 2013 - 2013 ITALIAN LISTS OUTDOOR" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "2013 European Team Championships2013 European Team Championships - Results". EAA. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Assoluti: altri 4 azzurri allo standard olimpico" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
External links[]
- Giovanni Faloci at World Athletics
- Giovanni Faloci at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Giovanni Faloci at Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Giovanni Faloci at Diamond League
- Giovanni Faloci at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Umbertide
- Italian male discus throwers
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Universiade silver medalists for Italy
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy