Beniamino Poserina

Beniamino Poserina
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	November 6, 1970 (age 53); Monfalcone, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Combined events
Club	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Decathlon: 8169 (1996); Heptathlon: 5840 (1998);
Medal record

Beniamino Poserina (born November 6, 1970 in Monfalcone, Gorizia) is a retired male decathlete from Italy.

Biography

He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A member of Fiamme Azzurre Roma he set his personal best score (8169 points) in the men's decathlon on October 6, 1996 in Formia. That mark still is the national record.

National records

Decathlon: 8169 points ( Formia, 6 October 1996) - Current holder

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	30th	Decathlon	7013 pt
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	2nd	Decathlon	7991 pt
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	DNF	Decathlon	—

National titles

He has won 8 times the individual national championship.^[1]^[2]

5 wins in the decathlon (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002)
3 wins in the heptathlon indoor (1996, 1998, 1999)

References

^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

External links

Beniamino Poserina at World Athletics
Beniamino Poserina at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[1] ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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v t e 1996 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Alessandro Aimar Stefano Baldini Andrea Benvenuti Salvatore Bettiol Angelo Carosi Angelo Cipolloni Giovanni De Benedictis Arturo Di Mezza Gennaro Di Napoli Michele Didoni Giuseppe D'Urso Sandro Floris Andrea Giocondi Danilo Goffi Alessandro Lambruschini Ezio Madonia Davide Milesi Fabrizio Mori Andrea Nuti Laurent Ottoz Giovanni Perricelli Giovanni Puggioni Ashraf Saber Stefano Tilli Marco Vaccari
Men's field athletes	Simone Bianchi Paolo Dal Soglio Corrado Fantini Diego Fortuna Loris Paoluzzi Beniamino Poserina Enrico Sgrulletti Giorgio Venturi
Women's track & road athletes	Roberta Brunet Maria Curatolo Virna De Angeli Ornella Ferrara Rossella Giordano Maria Guida Elisabetta Perrone Annarita Sidoti Silvia Sommaggio Patrizia Spuri Carla Tuzzi Maura Viceconte
Women's field athletes	Antonella Bevilacqua Barbara Lah Agnese Maffeis Fiona May Giuliana Spada