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Oscar Raise (born 19 February 1952 in Gassino,
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Biography

He finished sixth at the 1978 European Indoor Championships and won the silver medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games. He also competed at the
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without reaching the final. His personal best jump is 2.27 metres, achieved on 19 September 1979 in
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, setting a new Italian record on the same day in which we were able Massimo Di Giorgio and Bruno Bruni (exceptional event for athletics).


National records

* High jump: 2.23 m (
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, 4 February 1978) * High jump: 2.24 m ( Trinec, 3 March 1978) * High jump: 2.27 m (
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, 19 September 1979)


National titles

Oscar Raise has won one time the individual
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. *1 win in
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 ...
(1981)


See also

* Men's high jump Italian record progression * List on national champions in the men's high jump * Italian all-time lists - High jump


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raise, Oscar 1952 births Living people Italian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics People from Gassino Torinese Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin