Giampaolo Urlando
Appearance
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Padua, Italy | January 7, 1945||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
Club | Snia Milano | ||||||||||||||
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Giampaolo Urlando (born 7 January 1945, in Padova) is a retired Italian hammer thrower.
Biography
[edit]He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for testosterone use.[1]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1979 | Mediterranean Games | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st | |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7th | |
1981 | World Cup | Rome, Italy | 3rd | |
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 11th | |
1983 | Mediterranean Games | Casablanca, Morocco | 1st | |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 13th | 72.06 m | |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | DSQ |
National titles
[edit]Giampaolo Urlando has won 10 times the individual national championship.[2]
- 10 wins in Hammer throw (1967, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
External links
[edit]- Giampaolo Urlando at World Athletics
- Giampaolo Urlando at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Giampaolo Urlando at Olympics.com
- Giampaolo Urlando at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Italian male hammer throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Doping cases in athletics
- Italian sportspeople in doping cases
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Sportspeople from Padua
- Male weight throwers
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners