Alessandro Andrei

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

Alessandro Andrei

Andrei in a competition in Italy in 1980s
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	3 January 1959 (1959-01-03) (age 66) 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 1984 Los Angeles Shot Put World Championships 1987 Rome Shot Put European Indoor Championships 1984 Gothenburg Shot Put Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens Shot Put 1997 Bari Shot Put 1983 Casablanca Shot Put 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Shot Put Universiade 1985 Kobe Shot put

Biography

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

• Shot put: 22.91 m - Viareggio, 12 August 1987^[3]

Shots series^[4]

  World record

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

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Measure	Notes
1983	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca	2nd	Shot put	19.61 m
	World Championships	Helsinki	5th	Shot put	20.07 m
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg	3rd	Shot put	20.32 m
	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

National titles

Andrei won 12 national championships at individual senior level.^[6]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Shot put: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 (8)
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • Shot put: 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992 (4)

See also

• Shot put all-time top performer
• Men's shot put world record progression
• FIDAL Hall of Fame
• Italian all-time lists - Shot put
• Italy national athletics team - More caps
• List of Italian records in athletics
• List of Italian records in masters athletics

References

1. "Ryan Crouser throws superb shot put series in Des Moines". 31 August 2020. Retrieved 2 Sep 2020.
2. "Alessandro Andrei". Retrieved 7 June 2012.
3. "Italy's Andrei Surpasses 75 Feet to Break World Shotput Record". Los Angeles Times. 13 August 1987. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
4. "Athletics .Record Smashed .Andrei Demolishes World Shot Mark". Retrieved 7 June 2012.
5. With the measure of 21.57 m he just had broken Championships Records in qualification round.
6. "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

External links

• Alessandro Andrei at World Athletics
• Alessandro Andrei at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Alessandro Andrei at Olympics.com
• Alessandro Andrei at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Alessandro Andrei at Olympedia
• Alessandro Andrei at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)

Records
Preceded by Udo Beyer	Men's Shot Put World Record Holder 12 August 1987 – 22 May 1988	Succeeded by Ulf Timmermann