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| Born | (1992-06-01) 1 June 1992 (age 32) Civitanova Marche, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gianmarco Tamberi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒamˈmarko tamˈbɛːri]; born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, previous Olympic champion (2020), European outdoor champion (2024) and World outdoor champion (2023).
He won the 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so, and repeated this in 2022 and 2024.
Career
Until 2022 Tamberi was 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 Banská Bystrica with 2.35 m, a new Italian indoor record, equalled by Marco Fassinotti in the same event. He won in Třinec 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.
On 1 August 2021, he and Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim were declared tied winners of the men's high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics after both had cleared 2.37m. Tamberi and Barshim shared the gold medal in a rare instance in Olympic history of athletes of different nations agreeing to share the same medal. After the failed jumps Barshim asked the referee "Can we have two golds?" and when hearing the answer was yes, embraced Tamberi saying "History, my friend".
At the 2022 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game, Tamberi appeared on Dominique Wilkins's team, and made a putback dunk. He was the first high jump champion to appear in the Celebrity Game.
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 metre height.
On 13 June 2024, Tamberi and Olympic fencer Arianna Errigo received the tricolor flag from the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He received media attention after accidentally losing his wedding ring in the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the 2024 games.
Statistics
National records
- High jump outdoor: 2.39 (
Monaco, 15 July 2016) – Current holder. - High jump indoor: 2.38 (
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.
Personal Best- Outdoor
| Year (age) | Performance | Venue | Date | World Ranking |
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| 2024 (32) | 2.37 m |  Rome
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11 June | 1st |
| 2023 (31) | 2.36 m |  Budapest
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22 August | 2nd |
| 2022 (30) | 2.34 m |  Zürich
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7 September | 3th |
| 2021 (29) | 2.37 m |  Tokyo
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1 August | 1st |
| 2020 (28) | 2.30 m | Ancona
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28 June | 3rd |
| 2019 (27) | 2.28 m | Rome
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2 October | 23rd |
| 2018 (26) | 2.33 m |  Eberstadt
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26 August | 8th |
| 2017 (25) | 2.29 m |  London
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18 August | 29th |
| 2016 (24) | 2.39 m | Monaco
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15 July | 2nd |
| 2015 (23) | 2.37 m | Eberstadt
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2 August | 3rd |
| 2014 (22) | 2.29 m | Ancona
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27 August | 21st |
| 2013 (21) | 2,25 m | Milan
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28 July | 52nd |
| 2012 (20) | 2.31 m | Bressanone
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8 July | 12th |
| 2011 (19) | 2.25 m |  Tallinn
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23 July | 55th |
| 2010 (18) | 2.14 m | Florence
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6 June | – |
| 2009 (17) | 2.07 m | Bressanone
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9 July | – |
- Indoor
| Year (age) | Performance | Venue | Date | World Ranking |
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| 2021 (29) | 2.35 m | Ancona
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21 February | 1st |
| 2020 (28) | 2.31 m | Siena
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29 February | 6th |
| 2019 (27) | 2.32 m | Ancona
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15 February | 2nd |
| 2018 (26) | 2.25 m | Hustopeče |
27 January | 35th |
| 2017 (25) | he did not play the indoor season | |||
| 2016 (24) | 2.38 m | Hustopeče |
13 February | 1st |
| 2015 (23) | 2.28 m | Prague |
7 March | 23rd |
| 2013 (22) | 2.30 m |  Banská Bystrica |
6 February | 11th |
| 2012 (20) | 2.20 m | Banská Bystrica |
8 February | 100th |
| Ancona |
8 January | |||
| 2011 (19) | 2.21 m | Ancona |
13 February | 70th |
| 2010 (18) | 2.10 m | Ancona |
6 February | |
Achievements
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Circuit wins and titles
Diamond League champion: 2021,2022 and 2024.
- Meetings
- 2015
- London Grand Prix (Diamond League) – London, 2.28 m
- Meeting Eberstadt – Eberstadt, 2.37 m NR
- Weltklasse (Diamond League) – Zürich, 2.23 m (5th)
- London Grand Prix (Diamond League) –
- 2016
- High Jump Moravia Tour – Hustopeče, 2.38 m
NR - Meeting International Mohammed VI (Diamond League) –
Rabat, 2.25 m (6th) - Golden Gala (Diamond League) – Rome, 2.30 m
- Müller Grand Prix (Diamond League) – Birmingham, 2.20 m (8th)
- Herculis (Diamond League) – Monte Carlo, 2.39 m NR
- High Jump Moravia Tour –
- 2017
- Meeting de Paris (Diamond League) –
Paris, NM - Meeting International Mohammed VI (Diamond League) – Rabat, 2.27 m
- Müller Grand Prix (Diamond League) – Birmingham, 2.20 m (7th)
- Weltklasse (Diamond League) – Zürich, 2.16 m (12th)
- Meeting de Paris (Diamond League) –
- 2018
- Athletissima (Diamond League) – Lausanne, 2.25 m (9th)
- Herculis (Diamond League) – Monte Carlo, 2.27 m (5th) SB
- Eberstadt Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting – Eberstadt, 2.33 m (2nd) SB
- Memorial van Damme (Diamond League) –
Brussels, 2.31 m (3rd)
- Athletissima (Diamond League) –
National titles
Tamberi won the national championships 9 times.
- Italian Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 (6)
- Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2016, 2019, 2021 (3)
See also
- Athletes with most medals in high jump history
- List of Italian records in athletics
- Italian all-time top lists – High jump
- Men's high jump Italian record progression
Notes
- Update to 11 June 2024
- He jumped 2.26 m in qualification.
References
- ^ "Olimpiadi Tokyo 2020 – Italia Team – GIANMARCO TAMBERI". coni.it. CONI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Tamberi e Zanon, ingresso in Fiamme Oro". fidal.it (in Italian). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "REPORT: MEN'S HIGH JUMP – IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PORTLAND 2016". iaafg.org. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ 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.
- "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.
- "Jumps success for Tamberi and Kennedy". worldathletics.org. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- "Diamond League Final 2024: Faith Kipyegon and Femke Bol retain Diamond Trophies as Gianmarco Tamberi soars in Brussels". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- "Tensioni, insulti, risultati deludenti: Perché Tamberi ha licenziato il papà-allenatore". corriere.it (in Italian). 7 April 2022.
- "Le sette curiosità che non sapete su Tamberi, l'ultima speranza azzurra". eurosport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- "This Italian High Jumper's Half-Beard Will Fill You With Anxiety". GQ. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- "'Can we have 2?' Barshim, Tamberi share HJ gold". ESPN.com. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "WATCH : "Can we have two golds" Two players share Gold after tie in Olympics". NewsWire. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "Tokyo 2020 news – Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi make shock decision to share high jump gold". Eurosport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "High jumpers agree to share Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "This is true sportsmanship". YouTube.
- Helin, Kurt (18 February 2022). "Watch Gianmarco Tamberi with impressive put-back dunk in NBA All-Star Celebrity Game". NBC Sports. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- Baer, Jack (19 February 2022). "Hear us out: Every NBA All-Star Celebrity Game should have a champion high-jumper". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- "Fencer Errigo flag bearer at Paris 2024". MSN.com. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- "Paris Olympics: Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi sorry to wife over lost wedding ring". bbc.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- "TAMBERI FOLLOWS RECORD HIGH WITH HEART-BREAKING LOW IN MONACO". IAAF. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- "Season Top Lists – Senior Outdoor High Jump Men". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Wanda Diamond League Final | Zürich (SUI) | 8th–9 Sep 2021" (PDF). Diamond League. 9 September 2021. p. 5. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906–2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). 1 January 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Gianmarco Tamberi – Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
External links
- Gianmarco Tamberi at World Athletics
- Gianmarco Tamberi at Diamond League
- Gianmarco Tamberi at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Gianmarco Tamberi at Olympics.com
- Gianmarco Tamberi at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Gianmarco Tamberi at Olympedia
- Gianmarco Tamberi at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Gianmarco Tamberi – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)
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| Preceded byElia Viviani Jessica Rossi |
Flagbearer for Italy París 2024 With: Arianna Errigo |
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Civitanova Marche
- Sportspeople from the Province of Macerata
- Italian male high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- European Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Diamond League winners
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Italy
- European Games medalists in athletics
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics