Daigoro Timoncini (born 13 December 1985 in
Faenza
Faenza (, , ; rgn, Fènza or ; la, Faventia) is an Italian city and comune of 59,063 inhabitants in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated southeast of Bologna.
Faenza is home to a historical manufacture of majolica-ware glazed eart ...
,
Ravenna) is an
Italian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is also a two-time Olympian, and a six-time Italian national wrestling champion for the heavyweight category.
Timoncini qualified for the
96-kg category in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing, after placing fifth at the
2007 World Championships in
Baku, Azerbaijan. He first defeated
Japan
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's
Kenzo Kato in the qualifying round, but lost to Russia's
Aslanbek Khushtov
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...
in the second round, without receiving a technical score. Because his second opponent advanced further into the final match, Timoncini automatically qualified for the first repechage bout, where he was defeated by Kazakhstan's
Asset Mambetov
Asset Sekenovich Mambetov (born 10 June 1982, in Altyn-Shoky, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh wrestler, who initially won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is a trainer for heavyweight wrestlers in Kazakhstan. On 17 November 2016 the IOC
...
, who scored a double reversed exposure for the entire period, finishing in tenth place.
At his second Olympics in
London, Timoncini improved his tactics and strategy in
men's heavyweight division. However, he was eliminated in the first round, after being defeated by Armenia's
Artur Aleksanyan
Artur Aleksanyan ( hy, Արթուր Ալեքսանյան, born 21 October 1991) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic Champion (2016) as well as silver medalist (2021) and bronze medalist (2012), a four-time World Champion (2014 ...
, who eventually won the bronze medal in this event. Timoncini finished in eighteenth place.
References
External links
Profile – CONI
1985 births
Living people
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers for Italy
Sportspeople from Faenza
Italian male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Italy
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
European Wrestling Championships medalists
20th-century Italian people
21st-century Italian people
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