Gianmarco Tamberi (born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, current Olympic champion (

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) and World indoor champion (

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). He won the

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crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so, and repeated this in

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Career

Mutaz Barshim presents high jump co-winner Gianmarco Tamberi with his gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Gianmarco is 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

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, and second with a 2.37 m in

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, where he was second behind Derek Drouin. He later finished 8th at the 2015 World Championships in

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with a clearance of 2.25 m. During winter 2016, Tamberi won every contest he participated at. He won in

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with 2.35 m, a new Italian indoor record, equalled by Marco Fassinotti in the same event. He won in Trinec 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

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and

Kyriakos Ioannou Kyriakos Ioannou ( el, Κυριάκος Ιωάννου, born 26 July 1984) is a Cypriot high jumper. He has twice won medals at the World Championships in Athletics (2007 and 2009) and was the bronze medallist at the IAAF World Indoor Champions ...

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

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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 along with Qatari athlete

Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barshim ( ar, معتز عيسى برشم, Muʿtazz ʿĪsā Baršim; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the high jump and is the current Olympic Champion (2020). He is also the current World Champion ...

were declared tied winners of the men's high jump at the

after a tie between both of them as they cleared 2.37m. Both Tamberi and Barshim agreed to share the gold medal in a rare instance in Olympic history where the athletes of different nations agreed to share the same medal. Barshim in particular was quoted in his postmatch presentation asking, "Can we have two golds?"

National records

* High jump outdoor: 2.39 (

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, 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. ;Outdoor ;Indoor

Achievements

Circuit wins and titles

Diamond League champion:

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. ;Meetings *2015 **

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( Diamond League) -

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, 2.28 m ** Meeting Eberstadt -

, 2.37 m ** Weltklasse (Diamond League) -

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, 2.23 m (5th) *2016 **High Jump Moravia Tour - Hustopece, 2.38 m ** Meeting International Mohammed VI ( Diamond League) - Rabat, 2.25 m (6th) **

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, 2.30 m ** Müller Grand Prix (Diamond League) -

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, 2.20 m (8th) ** Herculis (Diamond League) -

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, 2.39 m *2017 **

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( Diamond League) -

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, ** Meeting International Mohammed VI (Diamond League) - Rabat, 2.27 m ** Müller Grand Prix (Diamond League) -

, 2.20 m (7th) ** Weltklasse (Diamond League) -

, 2.16 m (12th) *2018 ** Athletissima ( Diamond League) -

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, 2.25 m (9th) ** Herculis (Diamond League) -

, 2.27 m (5th) ** Eberstadt Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting -

, 2.33 m (2nd) **

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(Diamond League) -

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, 2.31 m (3rd)

National titles

Tamberi won the national championships 9 times. *

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** High jump: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 (6) * Italian Indoor Athletics Championships ** High jump: 2016, 2019, 2021 (3)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamberi, Gianmarco 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 of 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