Gianni Iapichino (born March 2, 1969) is an Italian athletics coach and former
pole vaulter,
long jumper and
heptathlete.
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
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
and Anastasia.
He lives in
Florence 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.
*3 wins in
Pole vault (1990, 1991, 1992)
*3 wins in
Pole vault indoor (1991, 1994, 1995)
*1 win in
heptathlon
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 ...
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