Giuseppe Gibilisco

Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe dʒibiˈlisko]; born January 5, 1979) is an Italian coach and former pole vaulter, who won the 2003 World Championships with a personal best of 5.90 m. He followed this with a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He also competed in four-man bobsleigh in two race of the 2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup finishing 25th and 28th.[1]

Giuseppe Gibilisco
Personal information
Nickname(s)Gibo
NationalityItalian
Born (1979-01-05) January 5, 1979
Syracuse, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Pole vault
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached byVitaly Petrov
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Pole vault: 5.90 m (2003)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 1 0 0
Mediterranean Games 1 1 0
European Cup 1 4 1
World Athletics Final 0 0 1
World Military Championships 1 0 0
European U23 Championships 0 0 1
World Junior Championships 0 0 1
Total 4 5 5
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Pole vault
World Championships
2003 ParisPole vault
European Cup
2005 FlorencePole vault
2002 AnnecyPole vault
2003 FlorencePole vault
2006 MálagaPole vault
2013 GatesheadPole vault
2010 BergenPole vault
Mediterranean Games
2013 MersinPole vault
2001 TunisPole vault

He is the coach of the Italian pole vaulter Claudio Stecchi.[2]

Biography

Giuseppe Gibilisco was born in Syracuse, Sicily. He won twelve medals (ten of these at senior level), at the International athletics competitions.[3] He has 28 caps in national team from 1998 to 2011.[4] He participated in three Olympic Games and four world championships. In 2007, Gibilisco was suspended by the FIDAL (Italian Athletics Federation) with a two-year ban, due to his involvement in the "Oil for Drugs" case and his relation with suspect doctor Carlo Santuccione, although he had never tested positive, but two months after the Board of Appeals reverses the ruling and decide for acquittal.[5]

In 2011, he could obtain 5.70 m, minimum qualification to the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, but the IAAF did not approve because the result was obtained in an esibition event in a streets in Landau, Germany.[6] In 2012 he jumped 5:52 m in Liévin, France indoor and, as a result of an injury, not disputing the outdoor season thus losing the possibility to participate in his fourth Olympics.[7]

At the 23 July 2013 he jumped 24 time 5.70 m outdoor, in Italy three other athletes were capable of doing so on six occasions: Fabio Pizzolato (only one jump at 5.75 m), Mauro Maurilio Mariani (three times 5.70 m) and Gianni Iapichino, former Fiona May husband (two times 5.70 m).[8] In the indoor seasons he jumped other six times at least 5.70 m, one time in 2003 and 2010,[9][10] and 4 times in 2004.[11]

Gibilisco retired from pole vaulting in August 2014.[12]

Since 2016,[13] Gibilisco has represented Italy at international bobsleigh competitions. On January 29, 2017, he made his Bobsleigh World Cup debut at Königssee as a brakeman for the four-man team of veteran pilot Simone Bertazzo, finishing in 25th place.[14]

National records
  • Pole vault: 5.90 m ( Paris, 28 August 2003) - current holder
  • Pole vault indoor: 5.82 m ( Donetsk, 15 February 2004) - current holder

Progression

Outdoor

He finished the season 9 times in world top 25 (5 outdoor, 4 indoor), in 2003 and 2004 he finished in fourth place outdoor, in 2004 he finished 2nd indoor.[15]

YearMeasureVenueDateWorld Rank
2013 5.70 m Mersin 28-6-2013 12th
2011 5.55 m Florence 4-6-2011 47th
2010 5.75 m Barcelona 31-7-2010 13th
2009 5.70 m Formia 24-7-2009 31st
2008 5.65 m Beijing 20-8-2008 -
2007 5.70 m Athens 2-7-2007 -
2006 5.80 m Athens 3-7-2006 15th
2005 5.83 m Berlin 4-9-2005 9th
2004 5.85 m Athens 27-8-2004 4th
2003 5.90 m Paris 28-8-2003 4th
2002 5.70 m La Canea 30-6-2002 27th
2001 5.50 m Amsterdam 15-7-2001 -
2000 5.70 m Sydney 27-9-2000 -
Rüdlingen 12-8-2000
Gateshead 16-7-2000
1999 5.60 m Cuxhaven 23-7-1999 -
1998 5.20 m Annecy 2-8-1998 -
1997 5.30 m Rieti 2-6-1997 -
1996 5.05 m - - -

Indoor
YearMeasureVenueDateWorld Rank
2013 5.60 m Gateshead 23-6-2013 28th
2012 5.52 m Liévin 14-2-2012 40th
2011 5.50 m Birmingham 19-2-2011 36th
2010 5.70 m Dessau 2-2-2010 16th
2009 5.50 m Turin 21-2-2009 49th
2007 5.45 m Karlsruhe 11-2-2007
2006 5.60 m Stuttgart 4-2-2006 30th
2004 5.82 m Donetsk 15-2-2004 2nd
2003 5.71 m Donetsk 16-2-2003 14th
2002 5.60 m Zweibrücken 1-2-2002 28th
2001 5.60 m Donetsk 4-2-2001 29th
2000 5.62 m Cologne 6-2-2000 24th

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Italy
1998 World Junior Championships Annecy 3rd 5.20 m
1999 European U23 Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 9th 5.30 m
2000 European Cup Gateshead 4th 5.70 m
Summer Olympics Sydney 10th 5.50 m
2001 European U23 Championships Amsterdam 3rd 5.50 m
Mediterranean Games Tunis 2nd 5.40 [16]
World Championships Edmonton 23rd NM
2002 European Cup Annecy 2nd 5.65
European Championships Munich10th 5.60
World Military Championships Tivoili 1st 5.50 [17]
2003 World indoor Championships Birmingham 8th 5.40
European Cup Florence 2nd 5.70
World Championships Paris 1st 5.90
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo 6th 5.60
2004 Summer Olympics Athens 3rd 5.85
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo 6th 5.45 [18]
2005 European Cup Florence 1st 5.80
World Championships Helsinki 5th 5.50
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo 3rd 5.60
2006 World indoor Championships Budapest 10th 5.60
European Cup Málaga 2nd 5.65
European Championships Gothenburg 7th 5.50
2008 Summer Olympics Beijing 11th NM [19]
2009 World Championships Berlin 7th 5.65
2010 World indoor Championships Doha Qual 5.45
European Team Championships Bergen 3rd 5.60
Athletissima Lausanne 6th 5.60
European Championships Barcelona 4th 5.75
2013 European Team Championships Gateshead 2nd 5.60 [20]
Mediterranean Games Mersin 1st 5.70

National titles

He has won 3 times the individual national championship.[21]

  • 3 wins in the pole vault indoor (2001, 2002, 2004)

See also

References
  1. "Giuseppe Gibilisco results". ibsf.org. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "Glasgow: Lukudo-Stecchi-Forte in finale" (in Italian). fidal.it. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019. Il primo salto a 5,70 è mancato per un contatto con i piedi in fase di salita, ma alla seconda prova, il fiorentino disegna una traiettoria tanto fluida quanto efficace, per la gioia del duo tecnico composto da Riccardo Calcini (il coach) e Giuseppe Gibilisco (l'assistant coach).
  3. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1998 AL 2011 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  5. "Disgraced Italian pole vaulter banned for two years". Eurosport. 2007-10-26.
  6. "Gibilisco, stop IAAF: "Landau una esibizione"" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  7. "Vince Donato 17,24 a Liévin" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  8. "LISTE ITALIANE ALL TIME - ASTA" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  9. "POLE VAULT - MEN - SENIOR - INDOOR - 2003". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  10. "POLE VAULT - MEN - SENIOR - INDOOR - 2010". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  11. "POLE VAULT - MEN - SENIOR - INDOOR - 2004". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  12. "Former world pole vault champion Gibilisco retires". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  13. "Giuseppe GIBILISCO". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  14. "BMW IBSF World Cup". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  15. "Giuseppe Gibilisco - Top 25 Lists". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  16. "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  17. "Mondiali militari, dominio Italia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  18. "IAAF World Athletics Final". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  19. He jumped 5.65 m in qualifying.
  20. "2013 European Team Championships2013 European Team Championships - Results". EAA. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  21. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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