Giuseppe Gibilisco

Giuseppe Gibilisco

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Gibo
Nationality	Italian
Born	January 5, 1979 Syracuse, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by	Vitaly Petrov
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Pole vault: 5.90 m (2003)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 1 0 0 Mediterranean Games 1 1 0 European Cup 1 4 1 World Athletics Final 0 0 1 World Military Championships 1 0 0 European U23 Championships 0 0 1 World Junior Championships 0 0 1 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Pole vault World Championships 2003 Paris Pole vault European Cup 2005 Florence Pole vault 2002 Annecy Pole vault 2003 Florence Pole vault 2006 Málaga Pole vault 2013 Gateshead Pole vault 2010 Bergen Pole vault Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Pole vault 2001 Tunis Pole vault

Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe dʒibiˈlisko]; born January 5, 1979 in Syracuse) is former Italian pole vaulter, who won the 2003 World Championships with a personal best of 5.90 m. He followed this with a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics.

Biography

Giuseppe Gibilisco won twelve medals (ten of these at senior level), at the International athletics competitions.^[1] He has 28 caps in national team from 1998 to 2011.^[2] He participated in three Olympic Games and four world championships. In 2007, Gibilisco was suspended by the FIDAL (Italian Athletics Federation) with a two-year ban, due to his involvement in the "Oil for Drugs" case and his relation with suspect doctor Carlo Santuccione, although he had never tested positive, but two months after the Board of Appeals reverses the ruling and decide for acquittal.^[3]

In 2011, he could otterner 5.70, minimum qualification to the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, but the IAAF does not approve because the result obtained in an esibition event in a streets in Landau, Germany.^[4] In 2012 he jumped 5:52 m in Liévin, France indoor and, as a result of an injury, not disputing the outdoor season thus losing the possibility to participate in his fourth Olympics.^[5]

At the 23 July 2013 he jumped 24 time 5.70 m outdoor, in Italy three other athletes were capable of doing so on six occasions: Fabio Pizzolato (only one jump at 5.75 m), Mauro Maurilio Mariani (three times 5.70 m) and Gianni Iapichino, former Fiona May husband (two times 5.70 m).^[6] In the indoor seasons he jumped other six times at least 5.70 m, one time in 2003 and 2010,^[7][8] and 4 times in 2004.^[9]

National records

• Pole vault: 5.90 m ( Paris, 28 August 2003) - current holder
• Pole vault indoor: 5.82 m ( Donetsk, 15 February 2004) - current holder

Progression

Outdoor

He finished the season 9 times in world top 25 (5 outdoor, 4 indoor), in 2003 and 2004 he finished in fourth place outdoor, in 2004 he finished 2nd indoor.^[10]

Year	Time	Venue	Date	World Rank
2013	5.70 m	Mersin	28-6-2013	12th
2011	5.55 m	Florence	4-6-2011	47th
2010	5.75 m	Barcelona	31-7-2010	13th
2009	5.70 m	Formia	24-7-2009	31st
2008	5.65 m	Beijing	20-8-2008	-
2007	5.70 m	Athens	2-7-2007	-
2006	5.80 m	Athens	3-7-2006	15th
2005	5.83 m	Berlin	4-9-2005	9th
2004	5.85 m	Athens	27-8-2004	4th
2003	5.90 m	Paris	28-8-2003	4th
2002	5.70 m	La Canea	30-6-2002	27th
2001	5.50 m	Amsterdam	15-7-2001	-
2000	5.70 m	Sydney	27-9-2000	-
		Rüdlingen	12-8-2000
		Gateshead	16-7-2000
1999	5.60 m	Cuxhaven	23-7-1999	-
1998	5.20 m	Annecy	2-8-1998	-
1997	5.30 m	Rieti	2-6-1997	-
1996	5.05 m	-	-	-

Indoor

Year	Time	Venue	Date	World Rank
2013	5.60 m	Gateshead	23-6-2013	28th
2012	5.52 m	Liévin	14-2-2012	40th
2011	5.50 m	Birmingham	19-2-2011	36th
2010	5.70 m	Dessau	2-2-2010	16th
2009	5.50 m	Turin	21-2-2009	49th
2007	5.45 m	Karlsruhe	11-2-2007
2006	5.60 m	Stuttgart	4-2-2006	30th
2004	5.82 m	Donetsk	15-2-2004	2nd
2003	5.71 m	Donetsk	16-2-2003	14th
2002	5.60 m	Zweibrücken	1-2-2002	28th
2001	5.60 m	Donetsk	4-2-2001	29th
2000	5.62 m	Cologne	6-2-2000	24th

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Italy
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy	3rd	5.20 m
1999	European U23 Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	9th	5.30 m
2000	European Cup	Gateshead	4th	5.70 m
	Summer Olympics	Sydney	10th	5.50 m
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam	3rd	5.50 m
	Mediterranean Games	Tunis	2nd	5.40 [11]
	World Championships	Edmonton	23rd	NM
2002	European Cup	Annecy	2nd	5.65
	European Championships	Munchen	10th	5.60
	World Military Championships	Tivoili	1st	5.50 [12]
2003	World indoor Championships	Birmingham	8th	5.40
	European Cup	Florence	2nd	5.70
	World Championships	Paris	1st	5.90
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo	6th	5.60
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens	3rd	5.85
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo	6th	5.45 [13]
2005	European Cup	Florence	1st	5.80
	World Championships	Helsinki	5th	5.50
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo	3rd	5.60
2006	World indoor Championships	Budapest	10th	5.60
	European Cup	Malaga	2nd	5.65
	European Championships	Goteborg	7th	5.50
2008	Summer Olympics	Beijing	11th	NM [14]
2009	World Championships	Berlin	7th	5.65
2010	World indoor Championships	Doha	Qual	5.45
	European Team Championships	Bergen	3rd	5.60
	Athletissima	Lausanne	6th	5.60
	European Championships	Barcelona	4th	5.75
2013	European Team Championships	Gateshead	2nd	5.60 [15]
	Mediterranean Games	Mersin	1st	5.70

National championships

He has won 3 times the individual national championship.^[16]

• 3 wins in the pole vault indoor (2001, 2002, 2004)

See also

• Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists - Pole vault

References

1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1998 AL 2011 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
3. "Disgraced Italian pole vaulter banned for two years". Eurosport. 2007-10-26.
4. "Gibilisco, stop IAAF: "Landau una esibizione"" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
5. "Vince Donato 17,24 a Liévin" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
6. "LISTE ITALIANE ALL TIME - ASTA" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
7. "POLE VAULT - MEN - SENIOR - INDOOR - 2003". iaaf.org. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
8. "POLE VAULT - MEN - SENIOR - INDOOR - 2010". iaaf.org. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
9. "POLE VAULT - MEN - SENIOR - INDOOR - 2004". iaaf.org. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
10. "Giuseppe Gibilisco - Top 25 Lists". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
11. "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
12. "Mondiali militari, dominio Italia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
13. "IAAF World Athletics Final". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
14. He jumped 5.65 m in qualifying.
15. "2013 European Team Championships2013 European Team Championships - Results". EAA. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
16. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

External links

• Giuseppe Gibilisco profile at IAAF
• FIDAL profile for Giuseppe Gibilisco
• Giuseppe Gibilisco at Sports Reference
• Athlete profile at Track and Field Statistics
• Athlete profile at Fiamme Gialle web site