Alberto Desiderio

{{short description|Italian javelin thrower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

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| national_team = Italy: 13 caps (1996-2004){{cite web|url=http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf|title=Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010|publisher=asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com|language=it|accessdate=11 April 2021|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Javelin throw

| club = Libertas Catania

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| birth_place = Catania, Italy

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| retired = 2006

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| height = 1.86 m

| weight = 85 kg

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• Javelin throw: 80.80 m (2001)

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Alberto Desiderio (born 26 March 1973) is a former Italian javelin thrower.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14200175|title=Alberto Desiderio - Profile|publisher=worldathletics.org|access-date=14 April 2021}}

His personal bests, 80.80 m set in 2001, at the end of the 2020 outdoor season is still the 5th best all-time performance of the Italian lists and in that year it was also the 46th best result in the world top-lists.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/toplists/throws/javelin-throw/outdoor/men/senior/2001?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true|title=Senior Outdoor 2001 - Javelin Throw Men|publisher=worldathletics.org|accessdate=14 April 2021}}