Pablo Andrés Pietrobelli (born June 14, 1980 in
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca (; English: White Bay) is a city in the southwest of the provinces of Argentina, province of Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the seat of government of the Bahía Blanca Partido. It had 3 ...
,
Buenos Aires) is an Argentine javelin thrower. He won the bronze medal for his category at the
2006 Ibero-American Championships
The 2006 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (''Spanish: XII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo'') was the twelfth edition of the international athletics competition between Ibero-American nations that place at the Francisco Montaner Sta ...
in
Ponce, Puerto Rico, with a throw of 72.50 metres. In 2007, he set both his personal best throw and a national record of 79.45 metres by winning the gold medal at the South American Grand Prix in
Bogota, Colombia.
Pietrobelli represented
Argentina at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing, where he competed for the
men's javelin throw. He placed thirty-fourth overall in the qualifying rounds, with a throw of 69.09 metres, failing to advance into the final.
Competition record
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Argentine male javelin throwers
Living people
Pan American Games competitors for Argentina
Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
Olympic athletes for Argentina
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Bahía Blanca
1980 births
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