Giovanni_Evangelisti
Giovanni Evangelisti
Italian long jumper
Giovanni Evangelisti (born 11 September 1961 in Rimini) is a retired long jumper from Italy. His greatest achievements were the Olympic bronze medal in 1984 and three World Indoor bronze medals. He finished fourth at the 1988 Olympics.
 Evangelisti with the racewalker Ileana Salvador photographed on their return to Italy with the two world bronze medals won in Seville 1991. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National team | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1961-09-11) 11 September 1961 (age 62) Rimini, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jumper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Oro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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)
- 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
- Longman, Jere (4 August 1995). "Pedroso's World Mark In Long Jump in Doubt". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- Donati, Sandro (16 November 2000). "Anti-doping: The Fraud Behind the Stage". Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- Powell, David (24 August 2007). "Top 10 World Championships controversies". Times Online. London. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- "EUROPEAN CUP A FINAL AND SUPER LEAGUE (MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- He jumped a better measure (8.03) in qualifying.
- "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- Giovanni Evangelisti at World Athletics
- Giovanni Evangelisti at Olympedia
- Giovanni Evangelisti at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
