Alessandro Andrei (born 3 January 1959) is an Italian former shot putter. He was born in Florence.

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Alessandro Andrei

Andrei in a competition in Italy in 1980s
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	3 January 1959 (1959-01-03) (age 65) Florence, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	118 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	G.S. Fiamme Oro
Achievements and titles
Personal best	22.91 m (1987)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing Italy Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Shot Put World Championships 1987 Rome Shot Put European Indoor Championships 1984 Gothenburg Shot Put Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens Shot Put 1997 Bari Shot Put 1983 Casablanca Shot Put 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Shot Put Universiade 1985 Kobe Shot put

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Andrei threw with his right hand, using the glide technique (at time many elite-level shot putters had switched to the spin/rotation style.) Andrei won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California. In 1987 he broke the world record three times in the same competition with successive throws of 22.72, 22.84 & 22.91 m (and finishing the sequence with a throw of 22.74 m). He was the first athlete in history to have a shot put series with all 6 throws over 22 meters, an accomplishment that wasn't repeated until 2020 by Ryan Crouser.^[1]

He is married to Agnese Maffeis.^[2]

• Shot put: 22.91 m - Viareggio, 12 August 1987^[3] (currently the Italian record)

Shots series^[4]

• Shot put all-time top performer
• Men's shot put world record progression
• FIDAL Hall of Fame
• Italian all-time lists - Shot put
• Italy national athletics team - More caps
• List of Italian records in athletics
• List of Italian records in masters athletics