Adolfo Consolini

Adolfo Consolini

File:Adolfo Consolini 1950s2.jpg
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1917-01-05)5 January 1917 Costermano, Italy
Died	Milan, Italy
Height
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Club	G.S. Pirelli Milano
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	56.98 m (1955)
Medal record Olympic Games 1948 London Discus throw 1952 Helsinki Discus throw European Championships 1946 Oslo Discus throw 1950 Brussels Discus throw 1954 Berne Discus throw Mediterranean Games 1955 Barcelona Discus throw

Adolfo Consolini (5 January 1917 – 20 December 1969) was an Italian discus thrower. He competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1956 Olympics and finished in 1st, 2nd, 6th and 17 place, respectively. While winning the gold medal in 1948 he set an Olympic record at 52.78 m. Consolini won three European titles, in 1946, 1950 and 1954, and 15 national titles. He took the Olympic Oath at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. After retirement, he was inducted into the FIDAL Hall of Fame.

Consolini was the youngest of five children in a farmer family. His first athletics competition was a local stone throwing contest in 1937. A few months later he started training in the discus; already in 1938 he finished fifth at the European championships, and in 1939 won the first of his 15 national titles. In 1941 he set a new world record at 53.34 m, which he extended to 54.23 m in 1946 and to 55.33 m in 1948.

File:Adolfo Consolini family 1950s.jpg

Consolini with family in the 1950s

Consolini retired from top sport after the 1960 Olympics, but continued competing at the national level until the age of 52, when he threw 43.94 m in Milan. He married Hanny Cuk, an Austrian, and had a son Sergio with her. The family settled in Milan where Consolini worked at Pirelli company the rest of his life. He died aged 52 from a viral hepatitis.

External links

• 1948 Olympics with picture (Italian)
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• IOC 1960 Summer Olympics
• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

Records
Preceded by Archibald Harris	Men's discus world record holder 26 October 1941 – 8 June 1946	Succeeded by Robert Fitch
Preceded by Bob Fitch	Men's discus world record holder 10 October 1948 – 9 July 1949	Succeeded by Fortune Gordien
Preceded by Willi Schröder	Men's discus European record holder 26 October 1941 – 22 August 1948	Succeeded by Giuseppe Tosi
Preceded by Giuseppe Tosi	Men's discus European record holder 18 September 1948 – 4 July 1954	Succeeded by Ferenc Klics
Preceded by Karel Merta	Men's discus European record holder 11 December 1955 – 10 May 1959	Succeeded by Edmund Piatkowski