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Nationality | Italian | ||||||
Born |
Castelrosso di Chivasso, Italy |
June 4, 1978 ||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||
Event(s) | Hammer throw | ||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | ||||||
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Marco Lingua (born 4 June 1978 in Chivasso, Piedmont) is an Italian hammer thrower.
He finished eleventh at the 2006 European Championships. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. His personal best throw is 79.97 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Bydgoszcz. His use of five turns is quite unique among elite hammer throwing at present.
Marco Lingua has won 3 times the individual national championship.