Adolfo Consolini

Adolfo Consolini

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1917-01-05)5 January 1917 Costermano, Italy
Died	20 December 1969(1969-12-20) (aged 52) Milan, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Club	G.S. Pirelli Milano
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Discus throw: 56.98 m (1955)
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 1948 London Discus throw Silver 1952 Helsinki Discus throw European Championships Gold 1946 Oslo Discus throw Gold 1950 Brussels Discus throw Gold 1954 Berne Discus throw Mediterranean Games Gold 1955 Barcelona Discus throw

Adolfo Consolini (5 January 1917 in Costermano, Verona – 20 December 1969 in Milan) was an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw.

He won six medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions, included gold Olympic in 1948

Biography

He competed for Italy in the discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain, where he won the gold medal. When Consolini returned four years later to the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland he was unable to retain his title but did win the silver medal behind American Sim Iness.

In 1946, 1950 and 1954 he became European champion. Consolini took the Olympic Oath at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Olympic results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
1948	Olympic Games	London	1st	Discus throw	52.78 m
1952	Olympic Games	Helsinki	2nd	Discus throw	53.78 m
1956	Olympic Games	Melbourne	6th	Discus throw	52.21 m
1960	Olympic Games	Rome	17th	Discus throw	52.44 m

National championships

Adolfo Consolini has won 15 times the individual national championship.

• 15 wins in the discus throw (1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1056, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960)

See also

• FIDAL Hall of Fame
• Italy national athletics team - More caps
• Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners

External links

• Adolfo Consolini at Sports-Reference.com
• 1948 Olympics with picture (Italian)
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• IOC 1960 Summer Olympics
• Media related to Adolfo Consolini at Wikimedia Commons

Records
Preceded by Archibald Harris	Men's Discus World Record Holder 26 October 1941 – 8 June 1946	Succeeded by Robert Fitch
Preceded by Robert Fitch	Men's Discus World Record Holder 10 October 1948 – 9 July 1949	Succeeded by Fortune Gordien
Preceded by Willi Schröder	Men's Discus European Record Holder 26 October 1941 – 22 August 1948	Succeeded by Giuseppe Tosi
Preceded by Giuseppe Tosi	Men's Discus European Record Holder 18 September 1948 – 4 July 1954	Succeeded by Ferenc Klics
Preceded by Karel Merta	Men's Discus European Record Holder 11 December 1955 – 10 May 1959	Succeeded by Edmund Piatkowski