Giorgio Venturi

Giorgio Venturi
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1966-06-23) 23 June 1966
Salerno
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Shot put
Club G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Shot put: 19.67 m (1996)

Giorgio Venturi (born 23 June 1966) is a former Italian shot putter who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

He participated at the competition which was one of the most beautiful team results of the Italian national athletics team in the shot put's events at the International competitions. This happened at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Stockholm, when three athletes participated in the competition, one won the race (Dal Soglio) and one ranked fourth (Fantini). Venturi was 14th but could not reach the final for only 15 centimeters.

National titles

References

  1. ↑ "Italy Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.


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