Gianmarco Tamberi

Gianmarco Tamberi
Personal information
Nickname(s) Gimbo
Nationality Italian
Born (1992-06-01) 1 June 1992
Civitanova Marche, Italy
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) High jump
Club Bruni Vomano
G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by Marco Tamberi
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • High jump: 2.39 m (2016)
  • High jump indoor: 2.38 m (2016)
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland High jump
European Championships
2016 Amsterdam High jump
European Junior Championships
2011 Tallinn High jump

Gianmarco Tamberi (born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper.

Biography

Gianmarco Tamberi is coached by his father, Marco Tamberi, who held the indoor Italian record in 1983 with the measure of 2.28 m.[1]

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 bar 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 Trinec 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 Olympic games due to an injury earlier in the season.

At major competitions, he is known for sporting a full beard during qualification and shaving half of it for the final.[2]

National records

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 21st (q) High jump 2.10 m
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn 3rd High jump 2.25 m
2012 European Championships Helsinki 5th High jump 2.24 m [4]
Olympic Games London Qual. High jump 2.21 m
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 13th (q) High jump 2.17 m
2014 European Championships Zurich, Switzerland 7th High jump 2.26 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague 7th High jump 2.24 m
World Championships Beijing, China 8th High jump 2.25 m
Meeting Eberstadt Eberstadt, Germany 2nd High jump 2.37 m
2016 2016 High Jump Moravia Tour Hustopece, Czech Republic 1st High jump 2.38 m
World Indoor Championships Portland, USA 1st High jump 2.36 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st High jump 2.32 m

National championships

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Convegni: Da Morro d'Oro parte la sfida "atletica" alle Olimpiadi di Londra 2012" (in Italian). atleticavomano.it. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Le sette curiosità che non sapete su Tamberi, l'ultima speranza azzurra" (in Italian). eurosport.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "TAMBERI FOLLOWS RECORD HIGH WITH HEART-BREAKING LOW IN MONACO". IAAF. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ↑ He jumped 2.26 m in qualification.
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