Orlando Bianchini (born 4 June 1955 in
Guidonia,
Roma
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) is a retired male
hammer throw
The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin.
The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...
er from
Italy
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, that won a medal at the
Mediterranean Games
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(1983).
Biography
Orlando Bianchini participated at one edition of the
Summer Olympics
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(1984), he has 34 caps in
national team
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from 1975 to 1987.
Achievements
National titles
Orlando Bianchini has won 2 times the individual
national championship
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.
*1 win in
Hammer throw
The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin.
The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...
(1985)
*1 win in hammer throw at the
Italian Winter Throwing Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships () are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in Milan, just after t ...
(1984)
See also
*
Italian all-time lists - Hammer throw
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bianchini, Orlando
1955 births
Living people
Italian male hammer throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
20th-century Italian sportsmen
21st-century Italian sportsmen
Italian Athletics Championships winners