Angiolo Profeti (23 May 1918 – 28 April 1981), was an Italian shot putter and discus thrower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Biography Profeti collected 26 caps for the Italy national athletics team. In his career, he won 15 national championships in the discus throw, and its record for speciality ex aequo with Adolfo Consolini.
Profeti won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1938 AAA Championships.
Shortly afterwards in September, he competed at the 1938 European Athletics Championships, finishing 7th in the men's shot put competition.
Achievements Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes 1950European ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgium 2nd Shot put 15.16 m 1951Mediterranean GamesAlexandria, Egypt 2nd Shot put 15.02 m 1952Olympic GamesHelsinki, Finland 12th Shot put 14.74 m
National titles 15 wins in shot put at the Italian Athletics Championships (1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) 1 win in discus throw at the Italian Athletics Championships (1950)
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