Orlando Bianchini (born 4 June 1955 in
Guidonia,
Roma
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) is a retired male
hammer throw
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...
er from
Italy
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, that won a medal at the
Mediterranean Games
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(1983).
Biography
Orlando Bianchini participated at one edition of the
Summer Olympics
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(1984), he has 34 caps in
national team
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from 1975 to 1987.
Achievements
National titles
Orlando Bianchini has won 2 times the individual
national championship
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.
*1 win in
Hammer throw
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...
(1985)
*1 win in hammer throw at the
Italian Winter Throwing 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 ...
(1984)
See also
*
Italian all-time lists - Hammer throw
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bianchini, Orlando
1955 births
Living people
Italian male hammer throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
20th-century Italian people
21st-century Italian people