Armando Poggioli

Armando Poggioli
Armando Poggioli in 1928
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born(1888-06-14)14 June 1888
Modena, Italy
Died10 January 1967(1967-01-10) (aged 78)
Modena, Italy
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Discus throw
Hammer throw
ClubSG Panaro

Armando Remigio Maria Poggioli (14 June 1888 – 10 January 1967) was an Italian discus thrower and hammer thrower who competed at three Olympic Games.

Career

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Poggioli represented Italy at the 1924 Summer Olympics,[1][2] finishing 25th in the men's discus throw.

Poggioli finished third behind Malcolm Nokes in the hammer throw event at the 1926 AAA Championships[3][4][5] but won his first Italian national title at senior level in the hammer during 1926.[6]

He secured three more national hammer titles in 1927, 1928 and 1929 before going to a second Olympic Games in 1928 Summer Olympics, where he narrowly missed claiming a medal after throwing 48.37 and finishing fourth in the Olympic hammer final.

He would go on to win a fifth national title in 1930 and finished second behind Ossian Skiöld in the hammer throw event at the British 1930 AAA Championships.[7][8]

He later appeared at a third Olympic Games at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

References

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  1. ^ "Italy Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Armando Poggioli". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. ^ "AAA Championships". Gloucester Citizen. 3 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Champion Athletes". Daily News (London). 5 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  6. ^ "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Marathon race won by Scotsman". Daily Herald. 5 July 1930. Retrieved 9 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Three new native records". Daily News (London). 7 July 1930. Retrieved 9 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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