Angiolo Profeti

Angiolo Profeti
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born(1918-05-23)23 May 1918
Castelfiorentino, Italy
Died28 April 1981(1981-04-28) (aged 62)
Ferrara, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
Events
Shot put
Discus throw
ClubGiglio Rosso Firenze
Retired1954
Achievements and titles
Personal bestShot put: 15.42 m (1952)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1950 BrusselsShot put
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1949 IstanbulShot put
Gold medal – first place1949 IstanbulDiscus throw
Silver medal – second place1951 AlexandriaShot put

Angiolo Profeti (23 May 1918 – 28 April 1981), was an Italian shot putter and discus thrower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Profeti collected 26 caps for the Italy national athletics team. In his career, he won 15 national championships in the discus throw, and its record for speciality ex aequo with Adolfo Consolini.

Profeti won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1938 AAA Championships.

Shortly afterwards in September, he competed at the 1938 European Athletics Championships, finishing 7th in the men's shot put competition.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventPerformanceNotes
1950 European Championships Brussels, Belgium 2nd Shot put 15.16 m
1951 Mediterranean Games Alexandria, Egypt 2nd Shot put 15.02 m
1952 Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 12th Shot put 14.74 m

National titles

References

  1. ↑ "Angiolo Profeti". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "La squadra nazionale" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Italian wins six-mile title". Western Mail. 16 July 1938. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 18 July 1938. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 12 April 2012.