Gianmarco Tamberi


Gianmarco Tamberi is an Italian high jumper, world indoor champion in 2016.

Biography

Gianmarco Tamberi is coached by his father, Marco Tamberi, who held the indoor Italian record in 1983 with the measure of 2.28 m.
In 2015, Tamberi broke the Italian high jump record twice—first with a jump of 2.34 m in Cologne, and second with a 2.37 m in Eberstadt, where he was second behind Derek Drouin. He later finished 8th at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing with a clearance of 2.25 m.
During winter 2016, Tamberi won every contest he participated at. He won in Banska Bystrica with 2.35 m, a new Italian indoor record, equalled by Marco Fassinotti in the same event. He won in Trinec after clearing 2.33 m. At the 2016 High Jump Moravia Tour, he recorded a jump of 2.38 m, enough to beat Chris Baker of Great Britain and Kyriakos Ioannou of Cyprus, and which gave him the Italian indoor high jump record. He won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Portland in March 2016 with a jump of 2.36 m.
Tamberi was unable to compete at the Olympic games due to an injury earlier in the season.
At major competitions, he is known for sporting a full beard during qualification and shaving half of it for the final.

National records

;Outdoor
Year PerformanceVenueDateWorld Ranking
2020 2.30 m Ancona28 June
2019 2.28 m Rome6 June10th
2018 2.33 m Eberstadt26 August8th
2017 2.29 m London18 August29th
2016 2.39 m Monaco15 July2nd
2015 2.37 m Eberstadt2 August3rd
2014 2.29 m Ancona27 August21st
2013 2,25 m Milan28 July52nd
2012 2.31 m Bressanone8 July12th
2011 2.25 m Tallinn23 July55th
2010 2.14 m Florence6 June-
2009 2.07 m Bressanone9 July-

;Indoor

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNotes
2010World Junior Championships Moncton21st High jump2.10 m
2011European Junior Championships Tallinn3rdHigh jump2.25 m =
2012European Championships Helsinki5thHigh jump2.24 m
2012Olympic Games London21st High jump2.21 m
2013European Indoor Championships Göteborg5thHigh jump2.29 m
2013European U23 Championships Tampere13th High jump2.17 m
2014European Championships Zurich7thHigh jump2.26 m
2015European Indoor Championships Prague7thHigh jump2.24 m
2015World Championships Beijing8thHigh jump2.25 m
2016World Indoor Championships Portland1stHigh jump2.36 m
2016European Championships Amsterdam1stHigh jump2.32 m
2017World Championships London13th High jump2.29 m
2019European Indoor Championships Glasgow1stHigh jump2.32 m =

;Meetings
He won 6 times the national championships.