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Silvano Simeon

Simeon in 1968
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1945-10-27)27 October 1945 Visco, Italy
Died	12 December 2010(2010-12-12) (aged 65) Turin, Italy
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw
Club	Snia Milan
Retired	1982
Achievements and titles
Personal best	65.10 m (1976)
Medal record Representing  Italy Universiade 1970 Turin Discus throw Mediterranean Games 1967 Tunis Discus throw 1971 Smirne Discus throw 1975 Algiers Discus throw 1979 Split Discus throw

Silvano Simeon (27 October 1945 – 12 December 2010) was an Italian discus thrower. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in 10th and 19th place, respectively.

Biography

During his career Simeon won 10 national titles (1966, 1967, 1969–1974, 1977, 1979), and took part in 52 international competitions. In retirement he worked as athletics coach.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Performance	Notes
1966	European Championships	Budapest	6th	55.96 m
1971	European Championships	Helsinki	elim. qual.	NM
1972	Olympic Games	Munich	6th	59.34 m
1974	European Championships	Rome	14th	56.14 m
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal	19th	59.06 m
1978	European Championships	Prague	12th	59.16 m

Note

1. Better in qualifying, 58.22 m

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Silvano Simeon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
2. "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
3. "La squadra nazionale" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

External links

• Silvano Simeon at Olympedia

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

v t e 1976 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Luigi Benedetti Roberto Buccione Giuseppe Buttari Luciano Caravani Giuseppe Cindolo Alfonso Di Guida Pietro Farina Franco Fava Carlo Grippo Vincenzo Guerini Massimo Magnani Pietro Mennea Vittorino Milanesio Venanzio Ortis Gianni Ronconi Vittorio Visini Armando Zambaldo
Men's field athletes	Rodolfo Bergamo Armando De Vincentis Riccardo Fortini Giampaolo Urlando Edoardo Podberscek Oscar Raise Silvano Simeon Roberto Veglia
Women's track & road athletes	Rita Bottiglieri Silvana Cruciata Gabriella Dorio Margherita Gargano Ileana Ongar
Women's field athletes	Donatella Bulfoni Sara Simeoni

• 1945 births
• 2010 deaths
• Sportspeople from Udine
• Italian male discus throwers
• Olympic athletes for Italy
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
• Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
• Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Mediterranean Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 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 1970 Summer Universiade
• Italian Athletics Championships winners
• 20th-century Italian sportsmen