 Greco after his victory at Goteborg 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 35) Nardò, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Oro | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Umberto Pegoraro | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniele Greco (born 1 March 1989) is an Italian athlete competing in the triple jump.
Biography
On 9 June 2012 at Potenza, he jumped 17.47 m, that is the 2nd best performance in Italy of all-time, after the national record of Fabrizio Donato with the measure of 17.73 m. He won the National Championships in Brixen on 8 July 2012 with 17.67m (+3.4), defeating the European champion, Fabrizio Donato. In Goteborg 2013 he jumped is new personal best with the measure of 17.70 m and best year performance.
His best international result was the 4th place at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2013 European Indoor Championships.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Result | Measure | Notes | |
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| Representing Italy
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| 2007 | European Junior Championships |  Hengelo
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12th | 15.00 m | ||
| 2008 | World Junior Championships |  Bydgoszcz
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4th | 16.33 m (wind: -1.2 m/s) | ||
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin
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14th (q) | 15.76 m | ||
| Mediterranean Games | Pescara
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3rd | 16.64 m | |||
| European U23 Championships |  Kaunas
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1st | 17.20 m (wind: 1.8 m/s) | |||
| World Championships |  Berlin
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34th (q) | 16.18 m | |||
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships |  Doha
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19th (q) | 15.60 m | ||
| European Championships |  Barcelona
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17th (q) | 16.51 m | |||
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships |  Paris
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8th | 16.24 m | ||
| European U23 Championships |  Ostrava
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4th | 16.55 m w (wind: +2.3 m/s) | |||
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships |  Istanbul
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5th | 17.28 m | ||
| European Championships |  Helsinki
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23rd (q) | 15.90 m | |||
| Olympic Games |  London
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4th | 17.34 m | |||
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships |  Gothenburg
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1st | 17.70 m | 
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| Mediterranean Games | Mersin
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1st | 17.13 m | |||
National titles
- 1 win in triple jump at the Italian Athletics Championships (2012)
See also
References
- "Greco esordio boom 17,47" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- "Greco smashes his best to take triple jump gold in world-leading 17.70m". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniele Greco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
- Daniele Greco at World Athletics
- Daniele Greco at Diamond League
- Daniele Greco at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Daniele Greco at Olympics.com
- Daniele Greco at Olympedia
- Daniele Greco at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Daniele Greco at The-Sports.org
| European Athletics U23 Championships champions in men's triple jump | |
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| Mediterranean Games champions in men's triple jump | |
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Italian male triple jumpers
- People from Nardò
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Sportspeople from the Province of Lecce
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen