Giovanni Lievore

{{Short description|Italian javelin thrower (1932–2025)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

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| nationality = Italian

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|3|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Carrè, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|4|28|1932|3|20|df=yes}}

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| height = 1.85 m

| weight = 80 kg

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

| sport = Athletics

| event = Javelin throw

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Giovanni Lievore (20 March 1932 – 28 April 2025) was an Italian javelin thrower. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics finishing sixth, which as of 2025 was the best result for an Italian javelin thrower at the Olympics.{{cite news |title=Atletica in lutto, addio a Giovanni Lievore: è il miglior giavellottista italiano ai Giochi |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Atletica/29-04-2025/atletica-morto-il-giavellottista-giovanni-lievore-fu-6-a-melbourne-56.shtml |access-date=30 April 2025 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=29 April 2025 |language=it-IT}}{{cite news |title=Si è spento a 93 anni Giovanni Lievore. Prese parte alle Olimpiadi di Melbourne |url=https://www.ilgiornaledivicenza.it/argomenti/sport/altri-sport/si-e-spento-a-93-anni-giovanni-lievore-prese-parte-alle-olimpiadi-di-melbourne-1.12664649 |access-date=30 April 2025 |work=Il Giornale di Vicenza |date=29 April 2025 |language=it}} At the 1958 European Athletics Championships he finished eighth, and the same year he realized his personal record of 80,72 meters. After his retirement, he moved to Turin and worked at Fiat. He was the older brother of the former javelin world record holder Carlo Lievore.{{cite web |url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2002/ottobre/11/Lievore_quel_lancio_infinito_ga_0_0210113440.shtml |title=Lievore e quel lancio infinito |publisher=gazzetta.it |language=it |quote=Aveva imparato l'arte del giavellotto dal fratello Giovanni, più anziano di cinque anni. |accessdate=9 September 2017}}

Lievore died on 28 April 2025, at the age of 93.