Simone Cairoli

Simone Cairoli
Cairoli at the 2019 Hypo-Meeting.
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 34)
Gallarate, Italy
Height1.83 kg
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
ClubAtletica Lecco
Coached byAndrea Calandrina
Retired2021
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Decathlon: 7949 pts (2018)
  • Heptathlon: 5841 pts (2017)

Simone Cairoli (born 7 July 1990) is an Italian male decathlete, who won six national championships.[1] In 2017 with his personal best had reached the 5th place in the national all-time lists and 52nd place in the seasonal world lists.[2]

Biography

Simone Cairoli finished at 12th at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships, establishing his personal best,[3] and was selected for 2018 European Athletics Championships.[4]

Curiously he is a specialist of the decathlon (sport) working as a clerk at Decathlon (shop).[5]

His first European final

After the first day of events at the 2018 European Championships, Cairoli finished 6th with 2110 points.[6][7]

Event Performance Event points Event place Total points Total place
Day one
(7 August)
100 m 10.94 (+0.3) 874 8 874 8
Long jump 7.49 (+1.3) PB 932 8 1806 6
Shot put 13.25 m 682 24 2488 7
High jump 2.05 m SB 850 5 3338 5
400 m 48.77 PB 872 9 4210 6
Day two
(8 August)
100 m hs 14.66 SB= 891 11 5101 4
Discus throw 35.30 m 570 22 5671 12
Pole vault 4,60 m PB 790 17 6461 12
Javelin throw 59.62 m PB 732 10 7193 11
1500 m 4:28.38 756 4 7949 PB 10

Personal best

Decathlon
Previous Decathlon Personal Best
Heptathlon

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
2013 European Cup Estonia Tallinn 19th Decathlon 7169 pts PB
2017 European Indoor Championships Serbia Belgrade 12th Heptathlon 5841 pts PB
2018 European Championships Germany Berlin 10th Decathlon 7949 pts PB

National titles

He won 8 times the national championships.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Simone Cairoli - Honours". iaaf.org. p. 48. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. ^ "SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 - DECATHLON MEN". iaaf.org. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Elio Locatelli: "Grazie Donato, senatore tra i giovani"" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Berlino, 89 azzurri agli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Cairoli, sempre decathlo, nella vita e nello sport" (in Italian). laprovinciadicomo.it. Retrieved 21 July 2018. Simone Cairoli infatti oltre ad essere il più forte decathleta italiano del momento, lavora a Saronno in un negozio della famosa catena "Decathlon"
  6. ^ "2018 European Athletics Championships - Decathlon Men". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 European Athletics Championships - Combined Events - DECATHLON MEN". europeanchampionships.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Conferma Cairoli: è tricolore nell'eptathlon" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 29 January 2019.