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Giuseppe Gentile

Gentile in 1968
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1943-09-04) 4 September 1943 (age 81) Latina, Italy
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump
Club	G.S. Fiamme Oro
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Triple jump: 17.22 m (1968) Long jump: 7.91 m (1968)
Medal record Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Triple jump Summer Universiade 1967 Tokyo Triple jump Mediterranean Games 1963 Naples Triple jump 1967 Tunis Triple jump

Giuseppe Gentile (born 4 September 1943) is a retired Italian triple jumper, who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Biography

From 1962 to 1972 Gentile took part in 33 international competitions, including the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He won four international medals and six national titles: in the long jump (1968) and triple jump (1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971). After finishing his sporting career, Gentile turned to acting. He appeared opposite Maria Callas in Medea by Pier Paolo Pasolini, in the role of Jason.

World records

• Triple jump: 17.10 m ( Mexico City, 16 October 1968)
• Triple jump: 17.22 m ( Mexico City, 17 October 1968)

Achievements

See also

• Italian all-time lists – Triple jump
• FIDAL Hall of Fame
• Triple jump world record progression
• Men's long jump Italian record progression

Notes

1. New world record at the moment of the jump.
2. He set also the world record in qualifying with the measure of 17.10 m.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giuseppe Gentile". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
3. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 – UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
4. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
5. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896–1980. Triple Jump. p. 90.

External links

• Media related to Giuseppe Gentile at Wikimedia Commons
• Giuseppe Gentile at World Athletics
• Giuseppe Gentile at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Giuseppe Gentile at Olympedia
• Giuseppe Gentile at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Giuseppe Gentile at IMDb

Records
Preceded by Jozef Szmidt	Men's Triple Jump World Record Holder 1968-10-16 – 1968-10-17	Succeeded by Viktor Sanyeyev

v t e 1968 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Antonio Ambu Franco Arese Sergio Bello Livio Berruti Pasquale Busca Giovanni Cornacchia Gianni Del Buono Gioacchino De Palma Renzo Finelli Roberto Frinolli Furio Fusi Sergio Liani Sergio Ottolina Eddy Ottoz Abdon Pamich Ennio Preatoni Giacomo Puosi Umberto Risi Angelo Sguazzero Vittorio Visini
Men's field athletes	Giacomo Crosa Giuseppe Gentile
Women's track & road athletes	Donata Govoni Carla Panerai Paola Pigni
Women's field athletes	Magalì Vettorazzo

v t e 1972 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Pasqualino Abeti Marco Acerbi Franco Arese Giorgio Ballati Sergio Bello Luigi Benedetti Antonio Brutti Giuseppe Buttari Domenico Carpentieri Lorenzo Cellerino Giuseppe Cindolo Franco De Menego Gianni Del Buono Franco Fava Roberto Frinolli Daniele Giovanardi Vincenzo Guerini Sergio Liani Renato Martini Pietro Mennea Abdon Pamich Ennio Preatoni Giacomo Puosi Vittorio Visini
Men's field athletes	Renzo Cramerotti Armando De Vincentis Enzo Del Forno Renato Dionisi Silvio Fraquelli Giuseppe Gentile Gian Marco Schivo Silvano Simeon Mario Vecchiato
Women's track & road athletes	Donata Govoni Maddalena Grassano Cecilia Molinari Laura Nappi Alessandra Orselli Paola Pigni
Women's field athletes	Sara Simeoni

• 1943 births
• Living people
• Italian male long jumpers
• Italian male triple jumpers
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for Italy
• Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
• Athletes from Rome
• World record setters in athletics (track and field)
• Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
• Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
• Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
• FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy
• Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade
• Italian Athletics Championships winners
• 20th-century Italian sportsmen