Alessandro Andrei

Alessandro Andrei
Andrei in a competition in Italy in 1980s
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born3 January 1959 (1959-01-03) (age 66)
Florence, Italy
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportAthletics
EventShot put
ClubG.S. Fiamme Oro
Achievements and titles
Personal best22.91 m (1987)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Shot Put
World Championships
1987 Rome Shot Put
European Indoor Championships
1984 Gothenburg Shot Put
Mediterranean Games
1991 Athens Shot Put
1997 Bari Shot Put
1983 Casablanca Shot Put
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Shot Put
Universiade
1985 Kobe Shot put

Alessandro Andrei (born 3 January 1959) is an Italian former shot putter. He was born in Florence.

Biography

Andrei threw with his right hand, using the glide technique (at time many elite-level shot putters had switched to the spin/rotation style.) Andrei won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California. In 1987 he broke the world record three times in the same competition with successive throws of 22.72, 22.84 & 22.91 m (and finishing the sequence with a throw of 22.74 m). He was the first athlete in history to have a shot put series with all 6 throws over 22 meters, an accomplishment that wasn't repeated until 2020 by Ryan Crouser.[1]

He is married to Agnese Maffeis.[2]

World record

Shots series[4]
  World record
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
22.19 22.37 22.72 22.84 22.91 22.74

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Measure Notes
1983 Mediterranean Games Casablanca 2nd Shot put 19.61 m
World Championships Helsinki 5th Shot put 20.07 m
1984 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg 3rd Shot put 20.32 m
Olympic Games Los Angeles 1st Shot put 21.26 m
1985 Universiade Kobe 2nd Shot put 20.85 m
1987 World Championships Rome 2nd Shot put 21.88 m [5]
1991 Mediterranean Games Athens 1st Shot put 19.38 m
1993 Mediterranean Games Languedoc-Roussillon 2nd Shot put 19.37 m
1997 Mediterranean Games Bari 1st Shot put 19.54 m

National titles

Andrei won 12 national championships at individual senior level.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ryan Crouser throws superb shot put series in Des Moines". 31 August 2020. Retrieved 2 Sep 2020.
  2. ^ "Alessandro Andrei". Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Italy's Andrei Surpasses 75 Feet to Break World Shotput Record". Los Angeles Times. 13 August 1987. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Athletics .Record Smashed .Andrei Demolishes World Shot Mark". Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  5. ^ With the measure of 21.57 m he just had broken Championships Records in qualification round.
  6. ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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