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Alessandro Andrei
	Andrei in a competition in Italy in 1980s
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	3 January 1959 (age 65); Florence, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	118 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	G.S. Fiamme Oro
Achievements and titles
Personal best	22.91 m (1987)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Indoor Championships
Mediterranean Games
Universiade

Alessandro Andrei (born 3 January 1959) is an Italian former shot putter. He was born in Florence.

Biography edit

Andrei threw with his right hand, using the glide technique (at time many elite-level shot putters had switched to the spin/rotation style.) Andrei won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California. In 1987 he broke the world record three times in the same competition with successive throws of 22.72, 22.84 & 22.91 m (and finishing the sequence with a throw of 22.74 m). He was the first athlete in history to have a shot put series with all 6 throws over 22 meters, an accomplishment that wasn't repeated until 2020 by Ryan Crouser.^[1]

He is married to Agnese Maffeis.^[2]

World record edit

Shot put: 22.91 m - Viareggio, 12 August 1987^[3] (currently the Italian record)

Shots series^[4]

World record

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
22.19	22.37	22.72	22.84	22.91	22.74

Achievements edit

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Measure	Notes
1983	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca	2nd	Shot put	19.61 m
1983	World Championships	Helsinki	5th	Shot put	20.07 m
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg	3rd	Shot put	20.32 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles	1st	Shot put	21.26 m
1985	Universiade	Kobe	2nd	Shot put	20.85 m
1987	World Championships	Rome	2nd	Shot put	21.88 m	^[5]
1991	Mediterranean Games	Athens	1st	Shot put	19.38 m
1993	Mediterranean Games	Languedoc-Roussillon	2nd	Shot put	19.37 m
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari	1st	Shot put	19.54 m

References edit

^ "Ryan Crouser throws superb shot put series in Des Moines". 31 August 2020. Retrieved 2 Sep 2020.
^ "Alessandro Andrei". Retrieved 7 June 2012.
^ "Italy's Andrei Surpasses 75 Feet to Break World Shotput Record". Los Angeles Times. 13 August 1987. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
^ "Athletics .Record Smashed .Andrei Demolishes World Shot Mark". Retrieved 7 June 2012.
^ With the measure of 21.57 m he just had broken Championships Records in qualification round.