Alessandro Talotti (7 October 1980 – 16 May 2021) was an Italian
high jumper.
Biography
Talotti finished fourth at the
2002 European Championships in Athletics
The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany.
Men's results
Track
1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 ,
1 Dwain Chambers originally won the 100 m in 9.96 and was pa ...
and twelfth at the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
. He also competed at the
2003 World Championships, the
2005 European Indoor Championships, and the
2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
Talotti was the Italian high jump champion in 2000 and 2004, out jumping
Giulio Ciotti,
Nicola Ciotti, and
Andrea Bettinelli in those campaigns.
His personal best jump was 2.30 metres, achieved in June 2003 in
Florence
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, and which he thrice equalled thereafter. In January 2005 Talotti jumped 2.32 metres on the indoor track in
Glasgow
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.
[
Talotti died of stomach cancer on 16 May 2021, at the age of 40.Alessandro Talotti è morto a 40 anni di tumore: il saltatore in alto si era sposato pochi giorni fa]
Achievements
See also
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Italian all-time top lists - High jump
References
External links
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1980 births
2021 deaths
Sportspeople from Udine
Italian male high jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Deaths from stomach cancer
Deaths from cancer in Friuli Venezia Giulia