Alessandro Talotti

Alessandro Talotti

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	October 7, 1980 Udine, Italy
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 2.30 m (2003)

Alessandro Talotti (Udine, 7 October 1980) is an Italian high jumper.

Biography

He finished fourth at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics and twelfth at the 2004 Olympic Games. He also competed at the 2003 World Championships, the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.^[1] Talotti became Italian high jump champion in 2000 and 2004, rivalling with Giulio Ciotti, Nicola Ciotti and Andrea Bettinelli.^[2]

His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Florence, and then equalled thrice since. He has 2.32 metres on the indoor track, achieved in January 2005 in Glasgow.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	10th	High jump	2.12 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	High jump	2.27 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th	High jump	2.20 m [3]

National championships

He has won 2 times the individual national championship.^[4]

• 2 wins in the high jump (2002, 2004)

See also

• Italian all-time top lists - High jump

References

1. Alessandro Talotti profile at IAAF
2. "Italian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
3. He qualied with the measure of 2.28 m.
4. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

External links

• Alessandro Talotti at Sports Reference
• IAAF profile for Alessandro Talotti