Fabrizio Schembri (born 27 January 1981) is an Italian athlete competing in the
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...
and occasionally in the
long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
.
Biography
Fabrizio Schembri won four medals, at senior level, at the
International athletics competitions
In the sport of athletics, international competitions between national teams can be distinguished into four main types:
* Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme
* World cham ...
. He began his racing career in the ranks ''Athletics Rovellasca'' with the
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
, and soon became a promise in the specialty. But it is in the
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...
where he finds true fulfillment that leads to professionalism and the
Gruppo Sportivo Carabinieri. Raised in
Rovellasca
Rovellasca is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about south of Como.
Rovellasca borders the following municipalities: Bregnano, Lazzate, Lomazzo, Misinto, Ro ...
, now resides in nearby ''Cascina Nuova''.
Achievements
National titles
He has won 9 times the individual
national championship
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
.
*
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 ...
**Long jump: 2012
**Triple jump: 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018
*
Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships () are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition was held in Genoa). Titles assigned conce ...
**Triple jump: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
See also
*
Italian all-time top lists - Triple jump
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Italian male long jumpers
Italian male triple jumpers
Athletes from the Province of Varese
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Italian Athletics Championships winners
21st-century Italian sportsmen