Personal information | |
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National team | Italy: 12 caps (1997-2006) [1] |
Born | Florence, Italy [1] | 14 May 1973
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 112 kg (247 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
Club | C.S. Carabinieri |
Retired | 2009 [2] |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best |
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Cristiano Andrei (born 14 May 1973) is a former Italian discus thrower. [2]
His personal bests, 64.49 m set in 2003, at the end of the 2020 outdoor season is still the 8th best all-time performance of the Italian lists and in that year it was also the 22nd best result in the world top-lists. [3]
Nephew of the Olympic shot put champion in Los Angeles 1984, Alessandro Andrei, in 2005 he married the former hammer thrower Ester Balassini. [4]
Andrei won five national championships at individual senior level. [5] [1]