Giampaolo Urlando

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Hammer throw

| club = Snia Milano

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| birth_place = Padua, Italy

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Hammer throw: 78.16 m (1984)

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Giampaolo Urlando (born 7 January 1945, in Padova) is a retired Italian hammer thrower.

Biography

He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for testosterone use.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE_U_1908_2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=7 November 2012}}

Achievements

1979

|Mediterranean Games

|Split, Yugoslavia

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

1980

|Olympic Games

|Moscow, Soviet Union

|align="center" | 7th

1981

|World Cup

|Rome, Italy

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

1982

|European Championships

|Athens, Greece

|11th

rowspan=2|1983

|Mediterranean Games

|Casablanca, Morocco

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

World Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|13th

|72.06 m

1984

|Olympic Games

|Los Angeles, United States

|DSQ

National titles

Giampaolo Urlando has won 10 times the individual national championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |title="CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 |publisher=sportolimpico.it |access-date=7 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2012 }}