Marcelo Pugliese

Marcelo Pugliese

Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Argentina
South American Games
	1998 Cuenca	Discus throw
	1990 Lima	Hammer throw
	1990 Lima	Shot put
	1990 Lima	Discus throw
	1994 Valencia	Discus throw
	1998 Cuenca	Shot put

Marcelo Adrián Pugliese (born 2 September 1968 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine discus thrower. His personal best throw is 64.23 metres, achieved in April 2002 in Mar del Plata.

He became South American champion in 1999, 2001 and 2003.^[1] He also competed at the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004 as well as the World Championships in 1997 and 2001 without qualifying for the final round.

In March 2007 Pugliese was found guilty of stanozolol doping. The sample was delivered on 27 May 2006 in an in-competition test. He received a suspension from July 2006 to July 2008.^[2]

Achievements[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Argentina
1988	Ibero-American Championships	Ciudad de México, México	7th	Discus	48.36 m A
1990	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	5th	Hammer	62.16 m
	South American Games	Lima, Peru	3rd	Shot put
			3rd	Discus	46.70m
			2nd	Hammer	58.74m
1992	Ibero-American Championships	Seville, Spain	10th	Discus	49.08 m
1994	Ibero-American Championships	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	Discus	59.18 m
	South American Games	Valencia, Venezuela	3rd	Discus
1998	South American Games	Cuenca, Ecuador	3rd	Shot put	15.46 m A
			1st	Discus	59.74 m A GR
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	37th	Discus	56.30 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	25th	Discus	54.06 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	31st	Discus	56.06 m

See also[]

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References[]

External links[]

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marcelo Pugliese". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• Marcelo Pugliese at World Athletics