Gianni Iapichino (born March 2, 1969) is an Italian athletics coach and former
pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...
er,
long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...
er and
heptathlete
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...
.
Biography
From 1994 to 2011, he was married to world champion long jumper
Fiona May
Fiona May Iapichino (born 12 December 1969 in Slough, England) is a retired track and field athlete who competed for the United Kingdom and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals. Her perso ...
, with whom he had two daughters,
Larissa and Anastasia.
He lives in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
and manages his daughter Larissa at professional level via their company JUMP. Since 16 June 2021, he has also been training her, taking over from Gianni Cecconi.
National titles
Gianni Iapichino has won 7 times the individual
national championship
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
.
*3 wins in
Pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...
(1990, 1991, 1992)
*3 wins in
Pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...
indoor (1991, 1994, 1995)
*1 win in
heptathlon indoor (1988)
See also
*
Italian all-time top lists – Pole vault
References
External links
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1969 births
Living people
Athletes from Florence
Italian athletics coaches
Italian male pole vaulters
Italian decathletes
Italian Athletics Championships winners
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy