Simone Cairoli

Simone Cairoli
	Cairoli at the 2019 Hypo-Meeting.
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	13 January 1990 (age 34); Gallarate, Italy
Height	1.83 kg
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
Club	Atletica Lecco
Coached by	Andrea Calandrina
Retired	2021
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Decathlon: 7949 pts (2018); Heptathlon: 5841 pts (2017);

Simone Cairoli (born 7 July 1990) is an Italian male decathlete, who won six national championships.^[1] In 2017 with his personal best had reached the 5th place in the national all-time lists and 52nd place in the seasonal world lists.^[2]

Biography

Simone Cairoli finished at 12th at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships, establishing his personal best,^[3] and was selected for 2018 European Athletics Championships.^[4]

Curiously he is a specialist of the decathlon (sport) working as a clerk at Decathlon (shop).^[5]

After the first day of events at the 2018 European Championships, Cairoli finished 6th with 2110 points.^[6]^[7]

	Event	Performance	Event points	Event place	Total points	Total place
Day one (7 August)	100 m	10.94 (+0.3)	874	8	874	8
	Long jump	7.49 (+1.3) PB	932	8	1806	6
	Shot put	13.25 m	682	24	2488	7
	High jump	2.05 m SB	850	5	3338	5
	400 m	48.77 PB	872	9	4210	6
Day two (8 August)	100 m hs	14.66 SB=	891	11	5101	4
	Discus throw	35.30 m	570	22	5671	12
	Pole vault	4,60 m PB	790	17	6461	12
	Javelin throw	59.62 m PB	732	10	7193	11
	1500 m	4:28.38	756	4	7949 PB	10

7942 pts ( Berlin, 7–8 August 2018) at the 2018 European Championships
- 100 m: 10.94, long jump: 7.49 m, shot put: 13.25 m, high jump: 2.05 m, 400 m: 48.77;
- 110 m hs: 14.66, discus throw: 35.30 m, pole vault: 4.60 m, javelin throw: 59.62 m, 1500 m: 4:28.30

7875 pts ( Götzis, 2 May 2017) at the 2017 Hypo-Meeting
- 100 m: 10.79, long jump: 7.37 m, shot put: 13.04 m, high jump: 2.03 m, 400 m: 49.95;
- 110 m hs: 14.72, discus throw: 37.53 m, pole vault: 4.50 m, javelin throw: 56.36 m, 1500 m: 4:21.14

5841 pts ( Belgrade, 5 March 2017) at the 2017 European Indoor Championships
- 60 m: 7.04, long jump: 7.55 m PB, shot put: 12.21 m, high jump: 2.04 m,
- 60 m hs: 8.31 SB, pole vault: 4.60 m PB, 1000 m: 2:40.14

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2013	European Cup	Tallinn	19th	Decathlon	7169 pts	PB
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	12th	Heptathlon	5841 pts	PB
2018	European Championships	Berlin	10th	Decathlon	7949 pts	PB

He won 8 times the national championships.

^ "Simone Cairoli - Honours". iaaf.org. p. 48. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 - DECATHLON MEN". iaaf.org. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Elio Locatelli: "Grazie Donato, senatore tra i giovani"" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Berlino, 89 azzurri agli Europei" (in Italian). fidal.it. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Cairoli, sempre decathlo, nella vita e nello sport" (in Italian). laprovinciadicomo.it. Retrieved 21 July 2018. Simone Cairoli infatti oltre ad essere il più forte decathleta italiano del momento, lavora a Saronno in un negozio della famosa catena "Decathlon"
^ "2018 European Athletics Championships - Decathlon Men". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ "2018 European Athletics Championships - Combined Events - DECATHLON MEN". europeanchampionships.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ "Conferma Cairoli: è tricolore nell'eptathlon" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 29 January 2019.