Giovanni Faloci

Giovanni Faloci
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1985-10-13) October 13, 1985
Umbertide, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus throw
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by Lorenzo Campanelli
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Discus throw: 64.77 m (2013)

Giovanni Faloci (Umbertide, 13 October 1985) is an Italian discus thrower.

Biography

Giovanni Faloci has 9 caps in national team from 2007.[1] 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.[2][3]

Progression

YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld Ranking
2013 64.77 Italy Tarquinia 4 June 18th
2012 64.24 Italy Tarquinia 27 May
2011 63.89 Italy Tarquinia 9 June
2010 62.19 Italy Viterbo 19 June
2009 62.56 Italy Fabriano 16 May
2008 61.19 Italy Viterbo 18 June
2007 58.52 Italy Rome 11 February
2006 60.38 Italy Macerata 20 May
2005 57.49 Italy Grosseto 5 June

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 23rd (q) Discus 47.16 m
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 7th Discus 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[4]

National championships

He has won 4 times the individual national championship.[1][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Annuario dell'Atletica 2013. FIDAL. 2013.
  2. "IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, MOSCOW 2013 10 AUGUST – 18 AUGUST 2013 - ENTRY STANDARDS" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  3. "GRADUATORIE ITALIANE 2013 - 2013 ITALIAN LISTS OUTDOOR" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  4. "2013 European Team Championships2013 European Team Championships - Results". EAA. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  5. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

External links

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