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Gianmarco Tamberi
Tamberi in 2022
Personal information
Nickname(s)Gimbo
Halfshave
National teamItaly: 19 caps (2012–)
Born (1992-06-01) 1 June 1992 (age 32)
Civitanova Marche, Italy
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)[1]
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
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 2 0 0
European Indoor Championships 1 1 0
Total 6 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
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Amsterdam High jump
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich High jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow High jump
Silver medal – second place 2021 Toruń 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) and World outdoor champion (2023).[3][4]

He won the 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so,[5] and repeated this in 2022.[6]

Career

Gold medal shared at Tokyo 2020


Gianmarco is 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 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 2016 Olympics 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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10] 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".[11][12]

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.[4]

Tamberi is also well known for competing with a half shaven face. [13]

Statistics

National records

  • High jump outdoor: 2.39 (Monaco Monaco, 15 July 2016) - Current holder.[14]
  • High jump indoor: 2.38 (Tschechische Republik 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.[15]

  Personal Best
Outdoor
Year (age) Performance Venue Date World Ranking
2023 (31) 2.36 m Ungarn Budapest 22 August 1st[note 1]
2022 (30) 2.34 m Schweiz Zurich 7 September 3th
2021 (29) 2.37 m Japan Tokyo 1 August 1st
2020 (28) 2.30 m Italien Ancona 28 June 3rd
2019 (27) 2.28 m Italien Rome 2 October 23rd
2018 (26) 2.33 m Deutschland Eberstadt 26 August 8th
2017 (25) 2.29 m Vereinigtes Königreich London 18 August 29th
2016 (24) 2.39 m Monaco Monaco 15 July 2nd
2015 (23) 2.37 m Deutschland Eberstadt 2 August 3rd
2014 (22) 2.29 m Italien Ancona 27 August 21st
2013 (21) 2,25 m Italien Milan 28 July 52nd
2012 (20) 2.31 m Italien Bressanone 8 July 12th
2011 (19) 2.25 m Estland Tallinn 23 July 55th
2010 (18) 2.14 m Italien Florence 6 June -
2009 (17) 2.07 m Italien Bressanone 9 July -
Indoor
Year (age) Performance Venue Date World Ranking
2021 (29) 2.35 m Italien Ancona 21 February 1st
2020 (28) 2.31 m Italien Siena 29 February 6th
2019 (27) 2.32 m Italien Ancona 15 February 2nd
2018 (26) 2.25 m Tschechische Republik Hustopece 27 January 35th
2017 (25) he did not play the indoor season
2016 (24) 2.38 m Tschechische Republik Hustopece 13 February 1st
2015 (23) 2.28 m Tschechische Republik Prague 7 March 23rd
2013 (22) 2.30 m Slowakei Banská Bystrica 6 February 11th
2012 (20) 2.20 m Slowakei Banská Bystrica 8 February 100th
Italien Ancona 8 January
2011 (19) 2.21 m Italien Ancona 13 February 70th
2010 (18) 2.10 m Italien Ancona 6 February

Achievements

The winning jump of Tamberi at 2.36 m at Portland 2016.
Gimbo Tamberi, bronze medal at Belgrade 2022.
Year Competition Venue Position Event Measure Notes
2010 World Junior Championships Kanada Moncton 21st (q) High jump 2.10 m
2011 European Junior Championships Estland Tallinn 3rd High jump 2.25 m PB =
2012 European Championships Finnland Helsinki 5th High jump 2.24 m [note 2]
Olympic Games Vereinigtes Königreich London 21st (q) High jump 2.21 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Schweden Göteborg 5th High jump 2.29 m
European U23 Championships Finnland Tampere 13th (q) High jump 2.17 m
2014 European Championships Schweiz Zurich 7th High jump 2.26 m SB
2015 European Indoor Championships Tschechische Republik Prague 7th High jump 2.24 m
World Championships China Beijing 8th High jump 2.25 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Vereinigte Staaten Portland 1st High jump 2.36 m
European Championships Niederlande Amsterdam 1st High jump 2.32 m
2017 World Championships Vereinigtes Königreich London 13th (q) High jump 2.29 m SB
2019 European Indoor Championships Vereinigtes Königreich Glasgow 1st High jump 2.32 m SB =
2021 European Indoor Championships Polen Toruń 2nd High jump 2.35 m
Olympic Games Japan Tokyo 1st High jump 2.37 m SB
2022 World Indoor Championships Serbien Belgrade 3rd High jump 2.31 m
European Championships Deutschland Munich 1st High jump 2.30 m
2023 European Team Championships Polen Chorzów 1st High jump 2.29 m
World Championships Ungarn Budapest 1st High jump 2.36 m SB

Circuit wins and titles

Meetings

National titles

Tamberi won the national championships 9 times.[17][18]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Update to 22 August 2023
  2. ^ He jumped 2.26 m in qualification.

References

  1. ^ a b "GIANMARCO TAMBERI". coni.it. CONI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. ^ "Le sette curiosità che non sapete su Tamberi, l'ultima speranza azzurra" (in Italian). eurosport.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  8. ^ "'Can we have 2?' Barshim, Tamberi share HJ gold". ESPN.com. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ "WATCH : "Can we have two golds" Two players share Gold after tie in Olympics". NewsWire. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Tokyo 2020 news - Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi make shock decision to share high jump gold". Eurosport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ "High jumpers agree to share Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  12. ^ "This is true sportsmanship". YouTube.
  13. ^ Nast, Condé (27 July 2015). "This Italian High Jumper's Half-Beard Will Fill You With Anxiety". GQ. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  14. ^ "TAMBERI FOLLOWS RECORD HIGH WITH HEART-BREAKING LOW IN MONACO". IAAF. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  15. ^ "Season Top Lists - Senior Outdoor High Jump Men". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Wanda Diamond League Final | Zürich (SUI) | 8th-9th Sept 2021" (PDF). Diamond League. 9 September 2021. p. 5. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  17. ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Gianmarco Tamberi - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
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