Alessandro Andrei

{{Short description|Italian shot putter (born 1959)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Alessandro Andrei

| image = Alessandro Andrei.png

| caption = Andrei in a competition in Italy in 1980s

| nationality = Italian

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|3 January 1959}}

| birth_place = Florence, Italy

| height = 1.91 m

| weight = 118 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = Shot put

| country = Italy

| club = G.S. Fiamme Oro

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| show-medals = yes

| pb = 22.91 m (1987)

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport | Men's Athletics}}

{{Medal|Country | {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy }}

{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

File:Olympic rings.svg

{{Medal|Gold| 1984 Los Angeles| Shot Put}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver| 1987 Rome|Shot Put}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1984 Gothenburg|Shot Put}}

{{Medal|Competition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|1991 Athens|Shot Put}}

{{Medal|Gold|1997 Bari|Shot Put}}

{{Medal|Silver|1983 Casablanca|Shot Put}}

{{Medal|Silver|1993 Languedoc-Roussillon|Shot Put}}

{{Medal|Comp|Universiade}}

{{Medal|Silver|1985 Kobe |Shot put}}

}}

Alessandro Andrei (born 3 January 1959) is an Italian former shot putter. He was born in Florence.

Biography

Andrei threw with his right hand, using the glide technique (at time many elite-level shot putters had switched to the spin/rotation style.) Andrei won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California. In 1987 he broke the world record three times in the same competition with successive throws of 22.72, 22.84 & 22.91 m (and finishing the sequence with a throw of 22.74 m). He was the first athlete in history to have a shot put series with all 6 throws over 22 meters, an accomplishment that wasn't repeated until 2020 by Ryan Crouser.{{cite web|url=https://www.athleticsweekly.com/event-news/ryan-crouser-des-moines-weekly-round-up-1039931923/|title=Ryan Crouser throws superb shot put series in Des Moines|date=31 August 2020 |access-date=2 Sep 2020}}

He is married to Agnese Maffeis.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/athlete=63274/BioPopUp.html|title=Alessandro Andrei|access-date=7 June 2012}}

World record

  • Shot put: 22.91 m - {{flagicon|ITA}} Viareggio, 12 August 1987{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-13-sp-1228-story.html|title=Italy's Andrei Surpasses 75 Feet to Break World Shotput Record|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=7 June 2012|date=13 August 1987}}

;Shots series{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19870814&id=R3tPAAAAIBAJ&pg=6943,2910538|title=Athletics .Record Smashed .Andrei Demolishes World Shot Mark|access-date=7 June 2012}}

{{legend|gold|World record}}

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Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNotes
rowspan=2|1983

| align=left|Mediterranean Games

| align=left|{{flagicon|MAR}} Casablanca

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| Shot put

| 19.61 m

|

align=left|World Championships

| align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Helsinki

| 5th

| Shot put

| 20.07 m

| 22px

rowspan=2|1984

| align=left|European Indoor Championships

| align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg

| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

| Shot put

| 20.32 m

|

align=left|Olympic Games

| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles

| bgcolor=gold|1st

| Shot put

| 21.26 m

|

1985

| align=left|Universiade

| align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kobe

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| Shot put

| 20.85 m

|

1987

| align=left|World Championships

| align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rome

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| Shot put

| 21.88 m

| With the measure of 21.57 m he just had broken Championships Records in qualification round.

1991

| align=left|Mediterranean Games

| align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} Athens

| bgcolor=gold|1st

| Shot put

| 19.38 m

|

1993

| align=left|Mediterranean Games

| align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Languedoc-Roussillon

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| Shot put

| 19.37 m

|

1997

| align=left|Mediterranean Games

| align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Bari

| bgcolor=gold|1st

| Shot put

| 19.54 m

|

National titles

Andrei won 12 national championships at individual senior level.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI-NOMI-U.pdf|title=TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021|publisher=sportolimpico.it|date=1 January 2021|accessdate=16 June 2021}}

See also

References

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