Marcello Benvenuti (born 26 April 1964) is a retired
Italia
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n
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
er.
Biography
He became Italian high jump champion in 1989, rivalling with
Luca Toso and
Daniele Pagani
Daniele Pagani (born 11 June 1966) is a retired Italian high jumper. He won a medal, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
Biography
He won the bronze medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games, finished seventh at the 1988 Eu ...
.
He also became indoor champion in 1989.
His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in September 1989 in
Verona
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. This was the Italian record.
National records
* High jump: 2.33 m,
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
, 20 September 1989.
Record
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held until 2 August 2015.
National titles
Marcello Benvenuti has won 3 times the individual
national championship
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.
Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, wa ...
**High jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
: 1989
*Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from ...
**High jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
: 1989, 1992
See also
*Italian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Italy maintained by its national athletics federation, Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
+ = en route to a longer distance
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A = af ...
* Men's high jump Italian record progression
The Italian record progression for men's high jump is recognised by the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL).
Record progression
See also
* List of Italian records in athletics
* Men's high jump world record progression
The first world ...
* Italian all-time top lists - High jump
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Benvenuti, Marcello
1964 births
Living people
Italian male high jumpers
Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Sportspeople from Ferrara
Italian Athletics Championships winners