Simone Bianchi (athlete)
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||
| Born | 27 January 1973 Campiglia Marittima, Italy | ||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||
| Club | C.S. Carabinieri | ||||||||
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Simone Bianchi (born 27 January 1973) is a retired Italian long jumper.
Biography
[edit]He won the Europe Cup 1996 in Madrid achieving his personal best. He was 4 times Italian Champion. He finished fourth at the 1998 European Championships.[1]
His personal best jump was 8.25 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Madrid.[2] In Italy only Giovanni Evangelisti and Andrew Howe has jumped farther.
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Italy
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| 1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 16th (q) | Long jump | 7.34 m (wind: -1.8 m/s) |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 13th (q) | Long jump | 7.80 m (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | Qual. | Long jump | 7.79 m |
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | Long jump | 8.02 m 
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National titles
[edit]Simone Bianchi has won 4 times the individual national championship.[3][4]
- 3 wins in the long jump (1993, 1996, 1998)
- 1 win in the long jump indoor (1997)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 1998 European Championships, men's results - Sporting Heroes
- ^ Italian all-time list, men's long jump
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Simone Bianchi at World Athletics
- Simone Bianchi at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Simone Bianchi at Olympedia
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