Gianmarco Tamberi

Gianmarco Tamberi

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Gimbo
Nationality	Italian
Born	June 1, 1992 Civitanova Marche, Italy
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump
Club	Bruni Vomano G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by	Marco Tamberi
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 2.37 m (2015) High jump indoor: 2.38 m (2016)
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland High jump European Junior Championships 2011 Tallinn High jump

Gianmarco Tamberi (born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper.

Biography

Gianmarco Tamberi is coached by his father, Marco Tamberi, who held the indoor Italian record in 1983 with the measure of 2.28 m.^[1]

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 bar 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.

At major competitions, he is known for sporting a full beard during qualification and shaving half of it for the final.^[2]

National records

• High jump outdoor: 2.37 ( Eberstadt, 2 August 2015) - Current holder.^[3]
• High jump indoor: 2.38 ( Hustopece, 13 February 2016) - Current holder

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	21st (q)	High jump	2.10 m
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn	3rd	High jump	2.25 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki	5th	High jump	2.24 m	[4]
	Olympic Games	London	Qual.	High jump	2.21 m
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	13th (q)	High jump	2.17 m
2014	European Championships	Zurich, Switzerland	7th	High jump	2.26 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague	7th	High jump	2.24 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	8th	High jump	2.25 m
	Meeting Eberstadt	Eberstadt, Germany	2nd	High jump	2.37 m
2016	2016 High Jump Moravia Tour	Hustopece, Czech Republic	1st	High jump	2.38 m
	World Indoor Championships	Portland, USA	1st	High jump	2.36 m

National championships

• 2 win in high jump at the Italian Athletics Championships (2012 and 2016)

See also

• Italian all-time top lists - High jump

References

1. "Convegni: Da Morro d'Oro parte la sfida "atletica" alle Olimpiadi di Londra 2012" (in Italian). atleticavomano.it. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
2. "Le sette curiosità che non sapete su Tamberi, l'ultima speranza azzurra" (in Italian). eurosport.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
3. "Incredibile Tamberi: record a quota 2,37!". FIDAL. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
4. He jumped 2.26 m in qualification.

External links

• Gianmarco Tamberi profile at IAAF
• Gianmarco Tamberi at Sports Reference
• Athlete profile at FIDAL web site