Giuseppe "Beppe" Tosi (25 May 1916 – 10 July 1981) was an Italian

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er. He won silver medal at the 1946, 1950 and 1954 European championships and 1948 Olympics, every time beaten by the teammate

Adolfo Consolini Adolfo Consolini (5 January 1917 – 20 December 1969) was an Italian discus thrower. He competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and finished in 1st, 2nd, 6th and 17 place, respectively. While winning the gold medal in 1948 he set an O ...

. At the 1952 Olympics Tosi placed eighth and Consolini second.

Biography

Tosi won five national titles, in 1943, 1946–1948 and 1951, and set two European records, both in 1948. Near the end of his athletic career, similar to Consolini, he went into acting and played minute roles in several major films, including ''

Totò al giro d'Italia ''Toto Tours Italy'' ( it, Totò al giro d'Italia) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. The film features cameos of famous cyclists and other sportsmen of the time: Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali, Fiorenzo Magn ...

'' (1948), ''Quo Vadis'' (1951), ''

The Return of Don Camillo ''The Return of Don Camillo'' (Italian: ''Il ritorno di Don Camillo''; French: ''Le Retour de don Camillo'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Édouard Delmont. The film's sets ...

'' (1953), ''Ben-Hur'' (1959) and ''The Lovemakers'' (1961).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tosi, Giuseppe 1916 births 1981 deaths Italian male discus throwers Olympic silver medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Italian people