Giovanni Evangelisti (born 11 September 1961 in Rimini) is a retired long jumper from Italy. His greatest achievements were the Olympic bronze medal in 1984 and three World Indoor bronze medals. He finished fourth at the 1988 Olympics.
Biography Despite his records, he is best remembered for the scandal that occurred during the 1987 World Championships. In the long jump final, home officials gave a forged measurement for one of Evangelisti's jumps - recording it as 8.37m instead of 7.85m - which resulted in him winning the bronze medal.
Though initially successful, the scam was eventually exposed by Sandro DonatiThe Man Who Knows Too Much , Sport Monthly, March 2003, retr from chrisharrisonwriting.com on 2012 10 20 and others, resulting in Evangelisti relinquishing his medal. Larry Myricks of the United States was instated as the rightful bronze medalist nine months later.
He won 11 medals (nine of them bronze), at the International athletics competitions. His personal best jump was 8.43 metres, achieved in San Giovanni Valdarno on 16 May 1987. This stood as the Italian record until 2007, when Andrew Howe jumped 8.47. He has 59 caps in national team from 1982 to 1994.
Achievements Representing 1982European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 3rd7.83 mEuropean Championships Athens, Greece6th7.89 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)1983World Championships Helsinki, Finland 18th7.70 m1984Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 3rd8.24 m1985World Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd7.88 m1986European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 3rd7.92 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)1987World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 3rd8.01 mEuropean Indoor Championships Liévin, France 2nd8.26 mWorld Championships Rome, Italy 4th8.19 m1988European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd8.00 mOlympic Games Seoul, South Korea 4th8.08 m w1990European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 7th7.93 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)1991World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 3rd7.93 mEuropean Cup Frankfurt, Germany 3rd7.76 m World Championships Tokyo, Japan7th8.01 m He jumped a better measure (8.03) in qualifying.Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 3rd7.89 m 1993European Cup Rome, Italy1st8.04 m w 1994European Championships Helsinki, Finland13th7.80 m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
National titles He has won 9 times the individual national championship. 4 wins in the long jump (1981, 1982, 1986, 1992) 5 wins in the long jump indoor (1982, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1994)
See also Italy national athletics team - More caps Men's long jump Italian record progression Italian all-time lists - Long jump
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