Paolo Camossi

Paolo Camossi
	Camossi in 2018
Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	6 January 1974 (age 50); Gorizia, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jumper
Club	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Coached by	Giancarlo Medesani
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Triple jump: 17.45 m (2000); Long Jump: 8.16 m (1998);
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Italy
World Indoor Championships
European Indoor Championships
Mediterranean Games
Military World Games

Paolo Camossi (born 6 January 1974) is an Italian coach and former triple jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships.

From September 2015 he is the coach of Marcell Jacobs.^[1]

Biography[edit]

Paolo Camossi won four medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[2] He participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (2000), he has 19 caps in national team from 1995 to 2006.^[3] His personal best was 17.45 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Milan. This result places him third on the all-time Italian performers list, behind Fabrizio Donato.^[4]

Statistics[edit]

Achievements[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	1st	Triple jump	16.63 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th	Long jump	7.98 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	19th	Triple jump	16.24 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	5th	Triple jump	17.29 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	3rd	Triple jump	17.05 m NR
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	8th	Triple jump	16.96 m
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	Triple jump	17.32 m NR
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	11th	Triple jump

National titles[edit]

He has won 9 times the individual national championship.^[5]^[6]

7 wins in the triple jump (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)
2 wins in the triple jump indoor (1996, 2000)

Palmares as coach of Marcell Jacobs[edit]

The meeting with Marcell Jacobs takes place in 2015, when Marcell is only 21 years old, from September of that same year he officially becomes his coach.^[7]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2016	Mediterranean U23 Championships	Tunis	1st	Long jump	7.95 m	PB
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam	11th	Long jump	7.59 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	Qual.	Long jump	7.70 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin	11th (sf)	100 m	10.28
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow	Qual.	Long jump	NM
	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama	Final	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	World Championships	Doha	19th (sf)	100 m	10.20
	World Championships	Doha	10th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	38.11	NR
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń	1st	60 m	6.47	WL, NR
	World Relays	Chorzów	1st	4×100 m relay	39.21	^[8]
	Olympic Games	Tokyo	1st	100 m	9.80	AR
	Olympic Games	Tokyo	1st	4×100 m relay	37.50	WL, NR
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade	1st	60 m	6.41	WL, AR
	World Championships	Eugene	N/A (sf)	100 m	10.04	DNS
	European Championships	Munich	1st	100 m	9.95	CR, SB
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul	2nd	60 m	6.50

References[edit]

^ "Olympic champion Jacobs out of Stockholm 100m after 'pain'". france24.com. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
^ "Statistics". iaaf.org. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ "Marcell Jacobs - Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "Results 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final" (PDF). worldathletics.org. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

External links[edit]

Paolo Camossi at World Athletics
Paolo Camossi at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
Paolo Camossi at Olympics.com
Paolo Camossi at Olympedia

[1] "Olympic champion Jacobs out of Stockholm 100m after 'pain'". france24.com. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

[2] "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[3] Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.

[4] "Statistics". iaaf.org. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[5] ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[6] "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[JACOBS-7] "Marcell Jacobs - Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2023.

[8] "Results 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final" (PDF). worldathletics.org. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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v t e 2000 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Alessandro Attene Stefano Baldini Rachid Berradi Ivano Brugnetti Daniele Caimmi Alessandro Cavallaro Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo Giovanni De Benedictis Arturo Di Mezza Michele Didoni Giorgio Frinolli Alessandro Gandellini Andrea Giaconi Giacomo Leone Andrea Longo Giuseppe Maffei Vincenzo Modica Fabrizio Mori Giovanni Perricelli Emiliano Pizzoli Francesco Scuderi Stefano Tilli
Men's field athletes	Paolo Camossi Paolo Dal Soglio Fabrizio Donato Diego Fortuna Giuseppe Gibilisco Loris Paoluzzi Nicola Vizzoni
Women's track & road athletes	Erica Alfridi Roberta Brunet Francesca Carbone Virna De Angeli Ornella Ferrara Daniela Graglia Monika Niederstätter Elisabetta Perrone Fabiola Piroddi Annarita Sidoti Silvia Sommaggio Maura Viceconte
Women's field athletes	Gertrud Bacher Ester Balassini Claudia Coslovich Fiona May Mara Rosolen