Nicola Vizzoni
| Nicola Vizzoni medal table |
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 Vizzoni at the 2013 World Championships |
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| silver | 2000 Sydney | 79.64 m |
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| silver | 2010 Barcelona | 79.12 m |
Nicola Vizzoni (born November 4, 1973 in Pietrasanta ) is an Italian hammer thrower .
Life
He celebrated his greatest success by winning the silver medal in hammer throw at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . He also won gold medals at both the Universiade in Beijing and the Mediterranean Games in Tunis in 2001 .
He also took part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In Athens he finished tenth, in Beijing he missed the final round. He competed in eight World Athletics Championships from 1997 to 2011 , reaching the finals three times. He achieved his best result in fourth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton . In his first three participations in European Athletics Championships from 1998, he did not get beyond ninth place, which he finished in Gothenburg in 2006 , but in 2010 he was able to win the silver medal in Barcelona .
He was also eleven times Italian hammer throw champion (1998, 2000–2007 and 2009–2010).
Nicola Vizzoni is 1.93 m tall and has a competition weight of 126 kg. The left-hander starts for the GS Fiamme Gialle . In 2000 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic at the officer's level.
Top performances
Hammer throw: 80.50 m, July 14, 2001, Formia
Web links
- Nicola Vizzoni in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Official website of Nicola Vizzoni (ital.)
- Nicola Vizzoni in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Italian Championships
- ↑ Website of the Italian athletics federation FIDAL: Results of the 2007 Italian championship in hammer throw ( memento of the original from June 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (ital.)
- ^ Website of the President of the Italian Republic: Entry on Nicola Vizzoni (ital.)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vizzoni, Nicola |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian hammer thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th November 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pietrasanta , Lucca Province , Tuscany , Italy |