Gianmarco Tamberi (; born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, Olympic champion (2020), World outdoor champion (2023), and European outdoor champion (2016, 2022, 2024 and 2026).

He won the 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so, and repeated this in 2022 and 2024.

Career

Until 2022, Tamberi was coached by his father, Marco Tamberi, who held the indoor Italian record in 1983 with a height of 2.28 m.

In 2015, Tamberi broke the Italian high jump record twice—first with a jump of 2.34 m in Cologne, and second with a 2.37 m in Eberstadt, where he was second behind Derek Drouin. He later finished 8th at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing with a clearance of 2.25 m.

During winter 2016, Tamberi won every contest he participated at. He won in Banská Bystrica with 2.35 m, a new Italian indoor record, equalled by Marco Fassinotti in the same event. He won in Třinec after clearing 2.33 m. At the 2016 High Jump Moravia Tour, he recorded a jump of 2.38 m, enough to beat Chris Baker of Great Britain and Kyriakos Ioannou of Cyprus, and which gave him the Italian indoor high jump record. He won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Portland in March 2016 with a jump of 2.36 m.

Tamberi was unable to compete at the 2016 Olympics due to an injury earlier in the season.

At major competitions, he is known for sporting a full beard during qualification and shaving half of it for the final.

On 1 August 2021, he and Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim were declared tied winners of the men's high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics after both had cleared 2.37m. Tamberi and Barshim shared the gold medal in a rare instance in Olympic history of athletes of different nations agreeing to share the same medal. After the failed jumps Barshim asked the referee "Can we have two golds?" and when hearing the answer was yes, embraced Tamberi saying "History, my friend".

At the 2022 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game, Tamberi appeared on Dominique Wilkins's team, and made a putback dunk. He was the first high jump champion to appear in the Celebrity Game.

Tamberi won the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, besting America's JuVaughn Harrison on a countback after both cleared the same 2.36 metre height.

On 13 June 2024, Tamberi and Olympic fencer Arianna Errigo received the tricolor flag from the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He received media attention after accidentally losing his wedding ring in the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the 2024 games.

Statistics National records High jump outdoor: 2.39 ( Monaco, 15 July 2016) – Current holder High jump indoor: 2.38 ( Hustopeče, 13 February 2016) – Current holder

Progression Best outdoor World ranking of Tamberi was 2nd in 2016, but he was indoor World leader in 2016 and 2021.

Outdoor Year (age)PerformanceVenueDateWorld Ranking2026 (34)2.37 m Budapest 13 September1st2025 (33)2.20 m Heilbronn 10 August113rd2024 (32)2.37 m Rome 11 June1st2023 (31)2.36 m Budapest 22 August2nd2022 (30)2.34 m Zürich 7 September3rd2021 (29)2.37 m Tokyo 1 August1st2020 (28)2.30 m Ancona 28 June3rd2019 (27)2.28 m Rome 2 October23rd2018 (26)2.33 m Eberstadt 26 August8th 2017 (25)2.29 m London18 August29th2016 (24)2.39 m Monaco 15 July2nd2015 (23)2.37 m Eberstadt 2 August3rd2014 (22)2.29 m Ancona 27 August21st2013 (21)2,25 m Milan 28 July52nd2012 (20)2.31 m Bressanone 8 July12th 2011 (19) 2.25 m Tallinn 23 July 55th2010 (18)2.14 m Florence 6 June –2009 (17)2.07 m Bressanone 9 July –

Indoor Year (age)PerformanceVenueDateWorld Ranking2021 (29)2.35 m Ancona 21 February1st2020 (28)2.31 m Siena 29 February6th2019 (27)2.32 m Ancona 15 February2nd2018 (26) 2.25 m Hustopeče 27 January 35th2017 (25) he did not play the indoor season2016 (24) 2.38 m Hustopeče 13 February 1st2015 (23) 2.28 m Prague 7 March 23rd2013 (22) 2.30 m Banská Bystrica 6 February 11th 2012 (20) 2.20 m Banská Bystrica 8 February 100th Ancona 8 January 2011 (19) 2.21 m Ancona 13 February 70th2010 (18) 2.10 m Ancona 6 February

Achievements Year Competition Venue Position Event Measure Notes2010World Junior Championships Moncton 21st (q)High jump2.10 m 2011European Junior Championships Tallinn 3rd High jump 2.25 m =2012European Championships Helsinki 5th High jump 2.24 m Olympic Games London 21st (q) High jump 2.21 m2013European Indoor Championships Gothenburg 5thHigh jump2.29 mEuropean U23 Championships Tampere 13th (q)High jump2.17 m2014European Championships Zürich7thHigh jump2.26 m2015European Indoor Championships Prague 7thHigh jump2.24 mWorld Championships Beijing8thHigh jump2.25 m2016World Indoor Championships Portland1stHigh jump2.36 mEuropean Championships Amsterdam 1stHigh jump2.32 m2017World Championships London13th (q)High jump2.29 m2019European Indoor Championships Glasgow1stHigh jump2.32 m =2021European Indoor Championships Toruń2ndHigh jump2.35 mOlympic Games Tokyo1stHigh jump2.37 m2022World Indoor Championships Belgrade3rdHigh jump2.31 mEuropean Championships Munich 1stHigh jump2.30 m2023European Team Championships Chorzów 1stHigh jump2.29 mWorld Championships Budapest 1stHigh jump2.36 m2024European Championships Rome 1stHigh jump2.37 mOlympic Games Paris11thHigh jump2.22 m2026European Championships Birmingham 1stHigh jump2.32 m2026World Ultimate Championship Budapest 1stHigh jump2.37 m

Circuit wins and titles Diamond League champion: 2021, 2022, 2024.

Meetings 2015 London Grand Prix (Diamond League) – London, 2.28 m Meeting Eberstadt – Eberstadt, 2.37 m Weltklasse (Diamond League) – Zürich, 2.23 m (5th) 2016 High Jump Moravia Tour – Hustopeče, 2.38 m Meeting International Mohammed VI (Diamond League) – Rabat, 2.25 m (6th) Golden Gala (Diamond League) – Rome, 2.30 m Müller Grand Prix (Diamond League) – Birmingham, 2.20 m (8th) Herculis (Diamond League) – Monte Carlo, 2.39 m 2017 Meeting de Paris (Diamond League) – Paris, Meeting International Mohammed VI (Diamond League) – Rabat, 2.27 m Müller Grand Prix (Diamond League) – Birmingham, 2.20 m (7th) Weltklasse (Diamond League) – Zürich, 2.16 m (12th) 2018 Athletissima (Diamond League) – Lausanne, 2.25 m (9th) Herculis (Diamond League) – Monte Carlo, 2.27 m (5th) Eberstadt Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting – Eberstadt, 2.33 m (2nd) Memorial van Damme (Diamond League) – Brussels, 2.31 m (3rd)

National titles Tamberi won the national championships 9 times. Italian Athletics Championships High jump: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 (6) Italian Indoor Athletics Championships High jump: 2016, 2019, 2021 (3)

See also Athletes with most medals in high jump history List of Italian records in athletics Italian all-time top lists – High jump Men's high jump Italian record progression

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References

External links

Gianmarco Tamberi at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link) Gianmarco Tamberi – CONI – Paris 2024