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Dario Dester

Dester, 2022
Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	(2000-07-22) 22 July 2000 (age 24) Gavardo, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Combined events
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
Coached by	Pietro Frittolie
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Decathlon: 8235 (2024) Heptathlon: 6076 (2021)

Dario Dester (born 22 July 2000) is an Italian decathlete, current national record holder of the decathlon outdoor and heptathlon indoor.

Career

On August 16, 2022, at the Munich 2022 European Championships he beat the decathlon Italian record of Beniamino Poserina which had stood for 26 years.

Statistics

National records

• Heptathlon: 6076 pts (Ancona, 21 February 2021) - Current holder
  • 60 m: 7.02 / 875, long jump: 7.66 / 975, shot put: 14.03 / 730, high jump: 2.01 / 813;
  • 60 m hs: 8.13 / 949, pole vault: 5.00 / 910, 1000 m: 2:44.53 / 824.
• Decathlon: 8235 pts (Rome, 11 June 2024) - Current holder
  • 100m: 10.76 (7) 915; long jump: 7.32 (16) 891; shot put: 12.43 (23) 633; high jump: 2.02 (3) 822; 400m: 48.43 (8) 888
  • 110m hs: 14.28 (4) 939; discus throw: 41.00 (18) 685: pole vault: 4.90 (7) 880; javelin throw: 63.66 (4) 793; 1500m: 4:23.36 (5) 789

Personal Best Events

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Achievements

National titles

Dester has won four national championship at individual senior level.

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Decathlon: 2020, 2022
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • Heptathlon: 2021, 2022

See also

• Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists - Decathlon

References

1. Dario Dester at World Athletics
2. "Europei di Atletica, meraviglia Dester: è nuovo primato italiano nel decathlon". ilfaroonline.it (in Italian). 16 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
3. "Dester, record italiano nell'eptathlon. E ora sogna le Olimpiadi" (in Italian). laprovinciacr.it. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
4. "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR Ancona, 20 e 21 febbraio 2021 - EPTATHLON UOMINI - RISULTATI" (in Italian). fidal.it. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
5. "Men Decathlon - Event Summary". european-athletics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
6. "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR - Ancona, 20 e 21 febbraio 2021". fidal.it. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
7. "2021 Italian Athletics Championships - Results" (in Italian). fidal.it. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

External links

• Dario Dester at World Athletics
• Dario Dester at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Italian decathletes
• Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
• Sportspeople from the Province of Brescia
• Italian Athletics Championships winners
• 21st-century Italian sportsmen