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Cristiano Andrei (born 14 May 1973) is a former Italian
discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...
er. His
personal best A personal record, or a personal best (abbreviated to PB), is an individual's best performance in a given sporting discipline. It is most commonly found in athletic sports, such as track and field, other forms of running, swimming and weightlifting ...
s, 64.49 m set in 2003, at the end of the 2020 outdoor season is still the 8th best all-time performance of the Italian lists and in that year it was also the 22nd best result in the world top-lists.


Personal life

Nephew of the Olympic shot put champion in
Los Angeles 1984 The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
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Alessandro Andrei Alessandro Andrei (born 3 January 1959) is an Italian former shot putter. He was born in Florence. Biography Andrei threw with his right hand, using the glide technique (at time many elite-level shot putters had switched to the spin/rotation sty ...
, in 2005 he married the former
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 ...
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Ester Balassini Ester Balassini (born 20 October 1977) is an Italian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 73.59 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Brixen. She is married to the former discus thrower Cristiano Andrei. Achievements National titles Balassi ...
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National titles

Andrei won five national championships at individual
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Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships () are the national championships in Athletics (sport), 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 ...
**Discus throw: 2002, 2003 (2) *
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 ...
**Discus throw: 2001, 2005, 2006 (3)


See also

* Italian all-time top lists - Discus throw


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrei, Cristiano 1973 births Living people Italian male discus throwers Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Athletes from Florence 20th-century Italian sportsmen Italian Athletics Championships winners