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Nationality
  
Italian

Name
  
Marco Lingua

Weight
  
94 kg

Country
  
Italy

Height
  
1.79 m

Events
  
Hammer throw

Marco Lingua AllAthleticscom
Born
  
June 4, 1978 (age 45) (
1978-06-04
)
Castelrosso di Chivasso, Italy

Personal best(s)
  
Hammer throw: 79.97 m (2008)

Club
  
Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle

Marco Lingua Hammer throw


Marco Lingua (born 4 June 1978 in Chivasso, Piedmont) is an Italian hammer thrower.

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Biography

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He finished eleventh at the 2006 European Championships. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. His personal best throw is 79.97 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Bydgoszcz. His use of five turns is quite unique among elite hammer throwing at present.

National championships

Marco Lingua has won 3 times the individual national championship.

  • 1 win in Hammer throw (2008)
  • 2 wins in Hammer throw (2006, 2007) at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships

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    References

    Marco Lingua Wikipedia
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