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Italian high jumper (born 1992)

Gianmarco Tamberi
Tamberi in 2024
Personal information
National teamItaly: 19 caps (2012–)
Born (1992-06-01) 1 June 1992 (age 32)
Civitanova Marche, Italy
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Club
Coached by
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2012 London
  • High jump - 21st (q)
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • High jump -  Gold
World finals
  • 2015 Beijing
  • High jump - 8th
  • 2017 London
  • High jump - 14th (q)
  • 2019 Doha
  • High jump - 8th
  • 2022 Eugene
  • High jump - 4th
  • 2023 Budapest
  • High jump -  Gold
Highest world ranking1 (weeks 46)
Personal bests
  • High jump: 2.39 m NR
  • High jump indoor: 2.38 m NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Italy
Top 5 events medals
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 1 0 0
World Indoor Championships 1 0 1
European Championships 3 0 0
European Indoor Championships 1 1 0
Total 7 1 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo High jump
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest High jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Portland High jump
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade High jump
Diamond League
Gold medal – first place 2021 High jump
Gold medal – first place 2022 High jump
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Amsterdam High jump
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich High jump
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome High jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow High jump
Silver medal – second place 2021 ToruƄ High jump
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-MaƂopolska High jump
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tallinn High jump

Gianmarco Tamberi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒamˈmarko tamˈbɛːri]; born 1 June 1992) is: an Italian high jumper, current Olympic champion (2020), European outdoor champion (2024) and World outdoor champion (2023).

He won the——2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian——to do so. And repeated this in 2022.

Career※

Gold medal shared at Tokyo 2020

Until 2022 Tamberi was coached by, "his father," Marco Tamberi, who held the indoor Italian record in 1983 with a height of 2.28 m.

In 2015, Tamberi broke the Italian high jump record twice—first with a jump of 2.34 m in Cologne, and second with a 2.37 m in Eberstadt, where he was second behind Derek Drouin. He later finished 8th at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing with a clearance of 2.25 m.

During winter 2016, "Tamberi won every contest he participated at." He won in Banska Bystrica with 2.35 m, a new Italian indoor record, equalled by Marco Fassinotti in the "same event." He won in Tƙinec after clearing 2.33 m. At the 2016 High Jump Moravia Tour, he recorded a jump of 2.38 m, enough——to beat Chris Baker of Great Britain and Kyriakos Ioannou of Cyprus, and which gave him the Italian indoor high jump record. He won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Portland in March 2016 with a jump of 2.36 m.

Tamberi was unable to compete at the 2016 Olympics due to an injury earlier in the season.

At major competitions, he is known for sporting full beard during qualification. And shaving half of it for the final.

On 1 August 2021, he along with Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim were declared tied winners of the men's high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics after a tie between both of them as they cleared 2.37m. Both Tamberi and Barshim agreed to share the gold medal in a rare instance in Olympic history where the athletes of different nations agreed to share the same medal. After the failed jumps Barshim asked the referee "Can we have two golds?" and when hearing the answer was yes, embracing Tamberi saying "History, my friend".

At the 2022 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game, Tamberi appeared on Dominique Wilkins's team, and made a putback dunk. He was the first high jump champion to appear in the Celebrity Game.

Tamberi won the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, besting America's JuVaughn Harrison on a countback after both cleared the same 2.36 metres height.

On June 13, 2024, received the tricolor flag from the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, together with the Olympic fencer Arianna Errigo for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Statistics※

National records※

  • High jump outdoor: 2.39 (Monaco Monaco, 15 July 2016) - Current holder.
  • High jump indoor: 2.38 (Czech Republic Hustopeče, 13 February 2016) - Current holder

Progression※

Best outdoor World ranking of Tamberi was 2nd in 2016. But he was indoor World leader in 2016 and "2021."

  Personal Best
Outdoor
Year (age) Performance Venue Date World Ranking
2024 (32) 2.37 m Italy Rome 11 June 1st
2023 (31) 2.36 m Hungary Budapest 22 August 2nd
2022 (30) 2.34 m Switzerland ZĂŒrich 7 September 3th
2021 (29) 2.37 m Japan Tokyo 1 August 1st
2020 (28) 2.30 m Italy Ancona 28 June 3rd
2019 (27) 2.28 m Italy Rome 2 October 23rd
2018 (26) 2.33 m Germany Eberstadt 26 August 8th
2017 (25) 2.29 m United Kingdom London 18 August 29th
2016 (24) 2.39 m Monaco Monaco 15 July 2nd
2015 (23) 2.37 m Germany Eberstadt 2 August 3rd
2014 (22) 2.29 m Italy Ancona 27 August 21st
2013 (21) 2,25 m Italy Milan 28 July 52nd
2012 (20) 2.31 m Italy Bressanone 8 July 12th
2011 (19) 2.25 m Estonia Tallinn 23 July 55th
2010 (18) 2.14 m Italy Florence 6 June -
2009 (17) 2.07 m Italy Bressanone 9 July -
Indoor
Year (age) Performance Venue Date World Ranking
2021 (29) 2.35 m Italy Ancona 21 February 1st
2020 (28) 2.31 m Italy Siena 29 February 6th
2019 (27) 2.32 m Italy Ancona 15 February 2nd
2018 (26) 2.25 m Czech Republic Hustopeče 27 January 35th
2017 (25) he did not play the indoor season
2016 (24) 2.38 m Czech Republic Hustopeče 13 February 1st
2015 (23) 2.28 m Czech Republic Prague 7 March 23rd
2013 (22) 2.30 m Slovakia BanskĂĄ Bystrica 6 February 11th
2012 (20) 2.20 m Slovakia BanskĂĄ Bystrica 8 February 100th
Italy Ancona 8 January
2011 (19) 2.21 m Italy Ancona 13 February 70th
2010 (18) 2.10 m Italy Ancona 6 February

Achievements※

The winning jump of Tamberi at 2.36 m at Portland 2016.
Tamberi with his bronze medal at Belgrade 2022.
Year Competition Venue Position Event Measure Notes
2010 World Junior Championships Canada Moncton 21st (q) High jump 2.10 m
2011 European Junior Championships Estonia Tallinn 3rd High jump 2.25 m PB =
2012 European Championships Finland Helsinki 5th High jump 2.24 m
Olympic Games United Kingdom London 21st (q) High jump 2.21 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Sweden Göteborg 5th High jump 2.29 m
European U23 Championships Finland Tampere 13th (q) High jump 2.17 m
2014 European Championships Switzerland ZĂŒrich 7th High jump 2.26 m SB
2015 European Indoor Championships Czech Republic Prague 7th High jump 2.24 m
World Championships China Beijing 8th High jump 2.25 m
2016 World Indoor Championships United States Portland 1st High jump 2.36 m
European Championships Netherlands Amsterdam 1st High jump 2.32 m
2017 World Championships United Kingdom London 13th (q) High jump 2.29 m SB
2019 European Indoor Championships United Kingdom Glasgow 1st High jump 2.32 m SB =
2021 European Indoor Championships Poland ToruƄ 2nd High jump 2.35 m
Olympic Games Japan Tokyo 1st High jump 2.37 m SB
2022 World Indoor Championships Serbia Belgrade 3rd High jump 2.31 m
European Championships Germany Munich 1st High jump 2.30 m
2023 European Team Championships Poland ChorzĂłw 1st High jump 2.29 m
World Championships Hungary Budapest 1st High jump 2.36 m SB
2024 European Championships Italy Rome 1st High jump 2.37 m CR

Circuit wins and titles※

Meetings

National titles※

Tamberi won the national championships 9 times.

See also※

Notes※

  1. ^ Update to 11 June 2024
  2. ^ He jumped 2.26 m in qualification.

References※

  1. ^ "Olimpiadi Tokyo 2020 - Italia Team". coni.it. CONI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Tamberi e Zanon, ingresso in Fiamme Oro" (in Italian). fidal.it. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ^ "REPORT: MEN'S HIGH JUMP – IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PORTLAND 2016". iaafg.org. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. ^ McAlister, Sean (22 August 2023). "World Athletics Championships 2023: Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi wins high jump gold". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Athletics: it is the year of Tamberi, he triumphs in Zurich jumping 2.34. First Italian to win the Diamond League". breakinglatest.news. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Jumps success for Tamberi and Kennedy". worldathletics.org. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Tensioni, insulti, risultati deludenti: Perché Tamberi ha licenziato il papà-allenatore". 7 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Le sette curiositĂ  che non sapete su Tamberi, l'ultima speranza azzurra" (in Italian). eurosport.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. ^ "This Italian High Jumper's Half-Beard Will Fill You With Anxiety". GQ. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  10. ^ "'Can we have 2?' Barshim, Tamberi share HJ gold". ESPN.com. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ "WATCH : "Can we have two golds" Two players share Gold after tie in Olympics". NewsWire. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Tokyo 2020 news - Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi make shock decision to share high jump gold". Eurosport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  13. ^ "High jumpers agree to share Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  14. ^ "This is true sportsmanship". YouTube.
  15. ^ Helin, Kurt (18 February 2022). "Watch Gianmarco Tamberi with impressive put-back dunk in NBA All-Star Celebrity Game". NBC Sports. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  16. ^ Baer, Jack (19 February 2022). "Hear us out: Every NBA All-Star Celebrity Game should have a champion high-jumper". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Fencer Errigo flag bearer at Paris 2024". MSN.com. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  18. ^ "TAMBERI FOLLOWS RECORD HIGH WITH HEART-BREAKING LOW IN MONACO". IAAF. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  19. ^ "Season Top Lists - Senior Outdoor High Jump Men". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Wanda Diamond League Final | ZĂŒrich (SUI) | 8th-9th Sept 2021" (PDF). Diamond League. 9 September 2021. p. 5. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  21. ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Gianmarco Tamberi - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

External links※

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