Diego Fortuna

Diego Fortuna

Personal information
National team	Italy: 39 caps (1995-2005)[1]
Born	(1968-02-14) 14 February 1968 (age 56) Vicenza, Italy[1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
Retired	2014
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Discus throw: 64.69 (2000)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Summer Universiade 0 0 1 Mediterranean Games 1 1 0 Military World Games 1 0 1 World Military Championships 1 0 0 Total 3 1 2

Diego Fortuna (born 14 February 1968) is a retired male discus thrower from Italy.^[2]

Biography

He represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000). He won the men's discus throw event at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, and set his personal best (64.69 m) on 24 June 2000 at an international meeting in Ravenna.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Italy
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	15th (q)	53.58 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	19th (q)	55.70 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	21st (q)	58.74 m
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd	61.16 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	19th (q)	60.08 m
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	2nd	59.90 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	19th (q)	60.06 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	64.26 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	26th (q)	58.52 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	14th (q)	62.24 m
2001	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	1st	64.40 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	16th (q)	60.04 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	14th (q)	61.46 m

National titles

Fortuna won 14 national championships at individual senior level.^[3][1]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Discus throw: 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 (8)
• Italian Winter Throwing Championships
  • Discus throw: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2008 (6)

See also

• Italian all-time top lists - Discus throw
• List of Italian records in masters athletics

References

1. "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
2. "Diego Fortuna - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
3. "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

• Diego Fortuna at World Athletics
• Diego Fortuna at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Diego Fortuna at Olympics.com
• Diego Fortuna at Olympedia