Giuseppe Tosi

Giuseppe Tosi

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1916-05-25)25 May 1916 Borgo Ticino, Italy
Died	10 July 1981(1981-07-10) (aged 65)
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Club	SS Giovinezza
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	54.80 m (1948)
Medal record Representing Italy Olympic Games 1948 London Discus throw European Athletics Championships 1946 Oslo Discus throw 1950 Brussels Discus throw 1954 Bern Discus throw Mediterranean Games 1951 Alexandria Discus throw

Giuseppe "Beppe" Tosi (25 May 1916 – 10 July 1981) was an Italian discus thrower. He won silver medal at the 1946, 1950 and 1954 European championships and 1948 Olympics, every time beaten by the teammate Adolfo Consolini. At the 1952 Olympics Tosi placed eighth and Consolini second.^[1][2]

Tosi won five national titles, in 1943, 1946–1948 and 1951,^[3] and set two European records, both in 1948.^[2] Near the end of his athletic career, similar to Consolini, he went into acting and played minute roles in several major films, including Totò al giro d'Italia (1948), Quo Vadis (1951), The Return of Don Camillo (1953), Ben-Hur (1959) and The Lovemakers (1961).^[4]

References

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Giuseppe Tosi and Adolfo Consolini

Records
Preceded by Adolfo Consolini	Men's Discus European Record Holder 22 August 1948 – 18 September 1948	Succeeded by Adolfo Consolini