Silvano Simeon
Italian discus thrower
1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Medal record
Representing Italy | ||
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Universiade | ||
1970 Turin | Discus throw | |
Mediterranean Games | ||
1967 Tunis | Discus throw | |
1971 Smirne | Discus throw | |
1975 Algiers | Discus throw | |
1979 Split | Discus throw |
Silvano Simeon (27 October 1945 – 12 December 2010) was an Italian discus thrower. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in 10th and 19th place, respectively.[1]
Biography
During his career Simeon won 10 national titles (1966, 1967, 1969–1974, 1977, 1979),[2] and took part in 52 international competitions.[3] In retirement he worked as athletics coach.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Performance | Notes |
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1966 | European Championships | Budapest | 6th | 55.96 m | |
1971 | European Championships | Helsinki | elim. qual. | NM | |
1972 | Olympic Games | Munich | 6th | 59.34 m | |
1974 | European Championships | Rome | 14th | 56.14 m | [note 1] |
1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal | 19th | 59.06 m | |
1978 | European Championships | Prague | 12th | 59.16 m |
Note
- ^ Better in qualifying, 58.22 m
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Silvano Simeon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "La squadra nazionale" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
External links
- Silvano Simeon at Olympedia
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Mediterranean Games champions in men's discus throw
- 1951: Giuseppe Tosi (ITA)
- 1955: Adolfo Consolini (ITA)
- 1959: Antonios Kounadis (GRE)
- 1963: Dako Radošević (YUG)
- 1967–1971: Silvano Simeon (ITA)
- 1975–1979: Armando De Vincentiis (ITA)
- 1983: Kostas Georgakopoulos (GRE)
- 1987: Marco Martino (ITA)
- 1991–1993: Luciano Zerbini (ITA)
- 1997: Igor Primc (SLO)
- 2001: Diego Fortuna (ITA)
- 2005: Mario Pestano (ESP)
- 2009: Frank Casañas (ESP)
- 2013: Martin Marić (CRO)
- 2018–2022: Apostolos Parellis (CYP)