Marcello Benvenuti
Encyclopedia
Marcello Benvenuti is a retired Italian high jump
er.
He became Italian high jump champion in 1989, rivalling with Luca Toso
and Daniele Pagani
. He also became indoor champion in 1989.
His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in September 1989 in Verona
. This was the Italian record.
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
er.
He became Italian high jump champion in 1989, rivalling with Luca Toso
Luca Toso
Luca Toso is a retired Italian high jumper.He finished tenth at the 1983 World Championships and the 1985 World Indoor Games, thirteenth at the 1988 Olympic Games and ninth at the 1990 European Championships. At the Mediterranean Games he won silver medals in 1987 and 1991...
and Daniele Pagani
Daniele Pagani
Daniele Pagani is a retired Italian high jumper.He won the bronze medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games, finished seventh at the 1988 European Indoor Championships and twelfth at the 1990 European Championships. He became Italian high jump champion in 1987 and 1990, rivalling with Luca Toso and...
. He also became indoor champion in 1989.
His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in September 1989 in Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
. This was the Italian record.