Marco Andreini

Luigi Benedetti

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1961-10-08) October 8, 1961 (age 63) Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Pole vault: 5.68 m (1990)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens Pole vault

Marco Andreini (born 8 October 1961) is an Italian retired pole vaulter.

Biography

He won the bronze medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games, ten centimetres behind Philippe d'Encausse and Jean-Marc Tailhardat.[1] He also finished sixteenth at the 1977 European Indoor Championships,[2] and competed at the 1990 European Championships without reaching the final.[3]

He became Italian champion in 1988 and 1989. He succeeded Gianni Stecchi as champion and was succeeded by Gianni Iapichino.[4] He also became Italian indoor champion in 1985 and 1986.[5] His personal best jump was 5.68 metres, achieved in September 1990 in Siderno.[6]

Masters athletics

Its measure of 4.90 m obtained on 10 June 2001 at age 41 is the 14th all-time performance in the category M45.[7]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	13th (q)	Pole vault	5.10 m

National titles

MArco Andreini has won four times the individual national championship.[8][9]

• 2 wins in Pole vault (1988, 1989)
• 2 wins in Pole vault indoor (1985, 1986)

See also

• Italian all-time top lists - Pole vault

References

1. "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
2. "1989 European Indoor Championships, men's pole vault final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
3. "Men Pole Vault European Championships 1990 Split (YUG)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
4. "Italian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
5. "Italian Indoor Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
6. World men's all-time best pole vault (last updated 2001)
7. "Masters Athletics - All Time World Rankings - Pole Vault". mastersathletics.net. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
8. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
9. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

External links

• Marco Andreini at World Athletics