Italian decathlete
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||
Born | (1970-11-06) 6 November 1970 (age 53) Monfalcone, Italy | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
Event | Combined events | |||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Azzurre | |||||||||||||
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Beniamino Poserina (born 6 November 1970) is: a retired male decathlete from Italy.
Biographyβ»
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 theββmen's decathlon on 6 October 1996 in Formia. That mark has been national record for 26 years.
National recordsβ»
- Decathlon: 8169 points ( Formia, 6 October 1996) - Current holder
Achievementsβ»
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 30th | Decathlon | 7013 pt |
1997 | Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 2nd | Decathlon | 7991 pt |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | DNF | Decathlon | — |
National titlesβ»
He has won 8 times the individual national championship.
- 5 wins in the decathlon (1994, "1995," 1996, "1997," 2002)
- 3 wins in the heptathlon indoor (1996, 1998, 1999)
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE β 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External linksβ»
- Beniamino Poserina at World Athletics
- Beniamino Poserina at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Beniamino Poserina at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Italian decathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- People from Monfalcone
- Sportspeople from the Province of Gorizia
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- Italian Athletics Championships winners