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Giuseppe Gibilisco

Giuseppe Gibilisco
Giuseppe Gibilisco Berlin 2009.JPG
Personal information
Nickname(s) Gibo
Nationality Italian
Born (1979-01-05) January 5, 1979 (age 38)
Syracuse, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by Vitaly Petrov
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Pole vault: 5.90 m (2003)

Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe dʒibiˈlisko]; born January 5, 1979 in Syracuse) is an Italian bobsledder and former pole vaulter, who won the 2003 World Championships with a personal best of 5.90 m. He followed this with a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics.

Giuseppe Gibilisco won twelve medals (ten of these at senior level), at the International athletics competitions. He has 28 caps in national team from 1998 to 2011. He participated in three Olympic Games and four world championships. In 2007, Gibilisco was suspended by the FIDAL (Italian Athletics Federation) with a two-year ban, due to his involvement in the "Oil for Drugs" case and his relation with suspect doctor Carlo Santuccione, although he had never tested positive, but two months after the Board of Appeals reverses the ruling and decide for acquittal.

In 2011, he could obtain 5.70 m, minimum qualification to the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, but the IAAF did not approve because the result was obtained in an esibition event in a streets in Landau, Germany. In 2012 he jumped 5:52 m in Liévin, France indoor and, as a result of an injury, not disputing the outdoor season thus losing the possibility to participate in his fourth Olympics.


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