Gianmarco Tamberi

Gianmarco Tamberi
Gianmarco Tamberi 2016 in Portland
nation	Italy
birthday	1st June 1992 (age 28)
place of birth	Civitanova Marche ,  Italy
size	192 cm
Weight	77 kg
Career
discipline	high jump
Best performance	2.39 m
society	GS Fiamme Gialle
National squad	since 2009
status	active
Medal table
European championships 1 × 0 × 0 × European Indoor Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Indoor world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Junior European Championship 0 × 0 × 1 ×
European championships gold Amsterdam 2016 2.32 m  European Indoor Championships gold Glasgow 2019 2.32 m  Indoor world championships gold Portland 2016 2.38 m  Junior European Championships bronze Tallinn 2011 2.25 m
last change: March 2nd, 2019

Gianmarco Tamberi (born June 1, 1992 in Civitanova Marche ) is an Italian high jumper . With his best performance of 2.37 m, he holds the Italian open-air record in high jump. He belongs to the Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle , a sports promotion group of the Guardia di Finanza , and is trained by his father Marco Tamberi .

Athletic career

Tamberi took part in the 2009 World Youth Championships in Bressanone and the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton, but missed the finals in each case. He achieved his first international success at the European Junior Championships in Tallinn in 2011 , when he won the bronze medal with a personal best of 2.25 m. At the European Championships in Helsinki in 2012 , he finished fifth with 2.24 m skipped. Shortly afterwards he was able to increase his victory at the Italian Championships in Bressanone to 2.31 m. At the Olympic Games in London , he did not exceed a height of 2.21 m and thus failed in the qualification.

In 2013 Tamberi was fifth at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg with 2.29 m and sixth at the Mediterranean Games in Mersin with 2.21 m. At the U23 European Championships in Tampere , he was eliminated with 2.17 m in qualification. In 2014, 2.22 m was enough for him to become Italian champion for the second time. At the European Championships in Zurich , he finished seventh with 2.26 m.

At the European Indoor Championships 2015 in Prague, Tamberi was seventh with 2.24 m. In the open-air season he then advanced to the absolute top of the world. First he improved the Italian record of his competitor Marco Fassinotti by one centimeter to 2.34 m at the high jump meeting with music in Cologne . Second at the London Grand Prix and third at the Stockholm DN Galan , he also achieved his first podium finishes in the IAAF Diamond League . A few days later, at the Eberstadt International High Jump Meeting, he increased the Italian national record to 2.35 m and finally to 2.37 m. At the World Championships in Beijing , however, he could not build on these achievements and only took eighth place with a jumped height of 2.25 m.

On February 4, 2016, Tamberi improved the Italian indoor record by one centimeter to 2.35 m when he won the high jump meeting in Banská Bystrica . The previous sole record holder Marco Fassinotti reached the same height in the same competition. A few days later, Tamberi increased the record in Hustopeče to 2.38 m and at the same time took the sole lead in the world's annual best list. At the World Indoor Championships in Portland , he celebrated his first title win at international championships. With a jump of 2.36 m, he won the gold medal in front of the Briton Robert Grabarz and the American Erik Kynard (both 2.33 m). At the national championships in Rieti, he won his third Italian championship title with 2.36 m. Tamberi also prevailed at the European Championships in Amsterdam . Here 2.32 m was enough for him to win ahead of Robert Grabarz and the two third-placed Chris Baker and Eike Onnen . A few days later he improved his national record at the Herculis in Monaco to 2.39 m. However, he suffered a ligament injury in his ankle during the competition, which prevented his participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Web links

• Gianmarco Tamberi in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Gianmarco Tamberi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Silke Morrissey: Tamberi wins in Cologne - Onnen over 2.30 meters . Leichtathletik.de. July 1, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
2. ↑ Diego Sampaolo: Tamberi and Fassinotti lead Italy into golden age of high jumping ( English ) IAAF. August 3, 2015. Accessed August 9, 2015.
3. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Tamberi and Fassinotti set Italian indoor high jump record in Banska Bystrica ( English ) IAAF. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
4. ↑ Steven Mills: Tamberi clears world-leading 2.38m in Hustopece - indoor round-up ( English ) IAAF. February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
5. ↑ Phil Minshull: Report: Men's high jump - IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 ( English ) IAAF. March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
6. ↑ Diego Sampaolo: Tamberi jumps 2.36m at Italian Championships ( English ) IAAF. June 26, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
7. ↑ Jan-Henner Reitze: Flash news of the day . Leichtathletik.de. July 16, 2016. Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.