Giuseppe Gentile

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| name = Giuseppe Gentile

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| image = Giuseppe Gentile 1968b.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Gentile in 1968

| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Triple jump

| club = G.S. Fiamme Oro

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|9|4}}

| birth_place = Latina, Italy

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| height = {{height|m=1.90}}

| weight = {{convert|83|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| pb =

{{nowrap|Triple jump: 17.22 m (1968)}}
{{nowrap|Long jump: 7.91 m (1968)}}

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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Giuseppe Gentile (born 4 September 1943) is a retired Italian triple jumper, who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/giuseppe-gentile-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174758/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/giuseppe-gentile-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}

Biography

From 1962 to 1972 Gentile took part in 33 international competitions, including the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite book |title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=FIDAL}} He won four international medals{{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=1 January 2013}} and six national titles: in the long jump (1968) and triple jump (1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971).{{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=1 January 2013 |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 }} After finishing his sporting career, Gentile turned to acting. He appeared opposite Maria Callas in Medea by Pier Paolo Pasolini, in the role of Jason.Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896–1980. Triple Jump. p. 90.