Sandro Brogini

Sandro Brogini, whose full name is Alessandro Brogini, was born on 20 December 1958 and is an Italian decathlete who began as a high jumper at youth level. He was an international youth medallist regarded as a promising athlete and took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics, though the article notes that he did not live up to those expectations in his senior career. His decathlon personal best of 7644 points, set at Lyngby on 22 June 1980, stood as the Italian national record until 19 June 1988, when Marco Rossi broke it. The event bests listed for that score include 11.22 seconds in the 100 metres, 7.27 metres in the long jump, 2.09 metres in the high jump, 4.30 metres in the pole vault and 56.10 metres in the javelin throw. He won the Italian Athletics Championships decathlon title in 1979 and 1981.