Giovanni Evangelisti (born 11 September 1961 in

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) is a retired

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er from

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. His greatest achievements were the Olympic bronze medal in 1984 and three World Indoor bronze medals. He finished fourth at the 1988 Olympics.

Biography

Despite his records, he is best remembered for the scandal that occurred during the 1987 World Championships. In the long jump final, home officials gave a forged measurement for one of Evangelisti's jumps - recording it as 8.37m instead of 7.85m - which resulted in him winning the bronze medal. Though initially successful, the scam was eventually exposed by

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and others, resulting in Evangelisti relinquishing his medal. Larry Myricks of the

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was instated as the rightful bronze medalist nine months later. He won 11 medals (nine of them bronze), at the

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. His personal best jump was 8.43 metres, achieved in

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on 16 May 1987. This stood as the Italian record until 2007, when

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jumped 8.47. He has 59 caps in

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from 1982 to 1994.

Achievements

National titles

He has won 9 times the individual

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. *4 wins in the

(1981, 1982, 1986, 1992) *5 wins in the long jump indoor (1982, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1994)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evangelisti, Giovanni 1961 births Living people Italian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Sportspeople from Rimini Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Italian Athletics Championships winners

Biography

Achievements

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