Nicola Ciotti


Nicola Ciotti is an Italian high jumper. He is the twin brother of Giulio Ciotti.

Biography

He finished fifth at the 2005 World Championships and sixth at the 2006 European Championships. He also competed at the European Indoor Championships in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2009, the World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007 as well as the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.
Ciotti became Italian high jump champion in 2005, rivalling with Giulio Ciotti, Andrea Bettinelli and Alessandro Talotti. He also became indoor champion in 2002, 2005 and 2006.
His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Viersen, and then equalled twice since. He has 2.31 metres on the indoor track, achieved in January 2006 in Hustopece. On 9 February 2011, almost 35, jumping 2.28 at the meeting in Banska Bystrica, gets the minimum for participation in the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris.

Achievements

National titles

He has won 6 times the individual national championship.