Angiolo Profeti

Angiolo Profeti (23 May 1918 – 28 April 1981), was an Italian shot putter and discus thrower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Angiolo Profeti

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1918-05-23)23 May 1918 Castelfiorentino, Italy
Died	28 April 1981(1981-04-28) (aged 62) Ferrara, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	108 kg (238 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put Discus throw
Club	Giglio Rosso Firenze
Retired	1954
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Shot put: 15.42 m (1952)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Italy European Championships 1950 Brussels Shot put Mediterranean Games 1949 Istanbul Shot put 1949 Istanbul Discus throw 1951 Alexandria Shot put

Biography

Profeti collected 26 caps for the Italy national athletics team.^[2] In his career, he won 15 national championships in the discus throw,^[3] and its record for speciality ex aequo with Adolfo Consolini.

Profeti won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1938 AAA Championships.^[4][5][6]

Shortly afterwards in September, he competed at the 1938 European Athletics Championships, finishing 7th in the men's shot put competition.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
1950	European Championships	Brussels	2nd	Shot put	15.16 m	[7]
1951	Mediterranean Games	Alexandria	2nd	Shot put	15.02 m
1952	Olympic Games	Helsinki	12th	Shot put	14.74 m

National titles

• 15 wins in shot put at the Italian Athletics Championships (1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954)
• 1 win in discus throw at the Italian Athletics Championships (1950)