Giovanni Evangelisti

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Giovanni Evangelisti
G.S. Fiamme Oro
Retired1994
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Long jump: 8.43 m (1987)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games
 0 0 1
World Indoor Championships
 0 0 3
European Championships 0 0 1
European Indoor Championships 0 1 2
Mediterranean Games 0 0 1
European Cup 1 0 1
Total 1 1 9

Giovanni Evangelisti (born 11 September 1961 in

World Indoor bronze medals. He finished fourth at the 1988 Olympics
.

Biography

Despite his records, he is best remembered for the scandal that occurred during the

1987 World Championships
. In the long jump final, home officials gave a forged measurement for one of Evangelisti's jumps - recording it as 8.37m instead of 7.85m - which resulted in him winning the bronze medal.

Though initially successful, the scam was eventually exposed by Sandro Donati[1] and others, resulting in Evangelisti relinquishing his medal. Larry Myricks of the United States was instated as the rightful bronze medalist nine months later.[2][3][4]

He won 11 medals (nine of them bronze), at the

International athletics competitions.[5] His personal best jump was 8.43 metres, achieved in San Giovanni Valdarno on 16 May 1987. This stood as the Italian record until 2007, when Andrew Howe jumped 8.47. He has 59 caps in national team from 1982 to 1994.[6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Italy
1982
European Indoor Championships
 Milan, Italy 3rd 7.83 m
European Championships Athens, Greece 6th 7.89 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
1983
World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
 18th 7.70 m
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 3rd 8.24 m
1985
World Indoor Championships
 Paris, France 3rd 7.88 m
1986
European Championships
 Stuttgart, West Germany 3rd 7.92 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)
1987 World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 3rd 8.01 m
European Indoor Championships
 Liévin, France 2nd 8.26 m
World Championships Rome, Italy 4th 8.19 m
1988
European Indoor Championships
 Budapest, Hungary 3rd 8.00 m
Olympic Games
 Seoul, South Korea 4th 8.08 m w
1990
European Championships
Yugoslavia
 7th 7.93 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
1991 World Indoor Championships
Seville, Spain
 3rd 7.93 m
European Cup Frankfurt, Germany 3rd 7.76 m [7]
World Championships
 Tokyo, Japan 7th 8.01 m [8]
Mediterranean Games
Athens, Greece
 3rd 7.89 m [9]
1993 European Cup Rome, Italy 1st 8.04 m w [7]
1994
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
 13th 7.80 m (wind: -0.8 m/s)

National titles

He has won 9 times the individual national championship.[10][11]

  • 4 wins in the long jump (1981, 1982, 1986, 1992)
  • 5 wins in the long jump indoor (1982, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1994)

See also

References

  1. ^ The Man Who Knows Too Much Archived February 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Sport Monthly, March 2003, retr from chrisharrisonwriting.com on 2012 10 20
  2. ^ Longman, Jere (4 August 1995). "Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
  3. ^ Donati, Sandro (16 November 2000). "Anti-doping: The Fraud Behind the Stage". Retrieved 2 November 2009.
  4. Times Online
    . London. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
  5. ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  6. FIDAL
    . 2009.
  7. ^ a b "EUROPEAN CUP A FINAL AND SUPER LEAGUE (MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  8. ^ He jumped a better measure (8.03) in qualifying.
  9. ^ "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  10. ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  11. ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

External links

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