Giuseppe "Peppe" Gibilisco (; born 5 January 1979) is an Italian coach and former pole vaulter, who won the 2003 World Championships with a personal best of 5.90 m. He followed this with a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He also competed in four-man bobsleigh in two race of the 2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup finishing 25th and 28th.
He is the coach of the Italian pole vaulter Claudio Stecchi.
Biography Giuseppe Gibilisco was born in Syracuse, Sicily. He won twelve medals (ten of these at senior level), at the International athletics competitions. He has 28 caps in national team from 1998 to 2011. He participated in three Olympic Games and four world championships. In 2007, Gibilisco was suspended by the FIDAL (Italian Athletics Federation) with a two-year ban, due to his involvement in the "Oil for Drugs" case and his relation with suspect doctor Carlo Santuccione, although he had never tested positive, but two months after the Board of Appeals reverses the ruling and decide for acquittal.
In 2011, he could obtain 5.70 m, minimum qualification to the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, but the IAAF did not approve because the result was obtained in an esibition event in a streets in Landau, Germany. In 2012 he jumped 5:52 m in Liévin, France indoor and, as a result of an injury, not disputing the outdoor season thus losing the possibility to participate in his fourth Olympics.
On 23 July 2013 he jumped 24 time 5.70 m outdoor, in Italy three other athletes were capable of doing so on six occasions: Fabio Pizzolato (only one jump at 5.75 m), Mauro Maurilio Mariani (three times 5.70 m) and Gianni Iapichino, former Fiona May husband (two times 5.70 m). In the indoor seasons he jumped other six times at least 5.70 m, one time in 2003 and 2010, and 4 times in 2004.
Gibilisco retired from pole vaulting in August 2014.
Since 2016, Gibilisco has represented Italy at international bobsleigh competitions. On 29 January 2017 he made his Bobsleigh World Cup debut at Königssee as a brakeman for the four-man team of veteran pilot Simone Bertazzo, finishing in 25th place.
National records Pole vault: 5.90 m ( Paris, 28 August 2003) - current holder Pole vault indoor: 5.82 m ( Donetsk, 15 February 2004) - current holder
Progression Outdoor He finished the season 9 times in world top 25 (5 outdoor, 4 indoor), in 2003 and 2004 he finished in fourth place outdoor, in 2004 he finished 2nd indoor.
YearMeasureVenueDateWorld Rank20135.70 m Mersin28-6-201312th20115.55 m Florence4-6-201147th20105.75 m Barcelona31-7-201013th20095.70 m Formia24-7-200931st20085.65 m Beijing20-8-2008-20075.70 m Athens2-7-2007-20065.80 m Athens3-7-200615th20055.83 m Berlin4-9-20059th20045.85 m Athens27-8-20044th20035.90 m Paris28-8-20034th20025.70 m La Canea30-6-200227th20015.50 m Amsterdam15-7-2001-20005.70 m Sydney27-9-2000- Rüdlingen12-8-2000 Gateshead16-7-200019995.60 m Cuxhaven23-7-1999-19985.20 m Annecy2-8-1998-19975.30 m Rieti2-6-1997-19965.05 m---
Indoor YearMeasureVenueDateWorld Rank20135.60 m Gateshead23-6-201328th20125.52 m Liévin14-2-201240th20115.50 m Birmingham19-2-201136th20105.70 m Dessau2-2-201016th20095.50 m Turin21-2-200949th20075.45 m Karlsruhe11-2-200720065.60 m Stuttgart4-2-200630th20045.82 m Donetsk15-2-20042nd20035.71 m Donetsk16-2-200314th20025.60 m Zweibrücken1-2-200228th20015.60 m Donetsk4-2-200129th20005.62 m Cologne6-2-200024th
Achievements Representing 1998World Junior Championships Annecy3rd 5.20 m1999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden9th5.30 m2000European Cup Gateshead 4th 5.70 mSummer Olympics Sydney 10th 5.50 m2001European U23 Championships Amsterdam3rd 5.50 mMediterranean Games Tunis2nd 5.40World Championships Edmonton 23rd 2002European Cup Annecy2nd 5.65European Championships Munich10th 5.60World Military Championships Tivoili1st 5.50 2003World indoor Championships Birmingham 8th 5.40European Cup Florence2nd 5.70World Championships Paris1st 5.90 World Athletics Final Monte Carlo 6th 5.602004Summer Olympics Athens3rd 5.85 World Athletics Final Monte Carlo 6th 5.452005European Cup Florence1st 5.80World Championships Helsinki 5th 5.50World Athletics Final Monte Carlo3rd 5.602006World indoor Championships Budapest 10th 5.60European Cup Málaga2nd 5.65European Championships Gothenburg 7th 5.50 2008Summer Olympics Beijing 11th NMHe jumped 5.65 m in qualifying. 2009World Championships Berlin 7th 5.652010World indoor Championships Doha 5.45European Team Championships Bergen3rd 5.60Athletissima Lausanne 6th 5.60European Championships Barcelona 4th 5.75 2013European Team Championships Gateshead 2nd 5.60Mediterranean Games Mersin1st 5.70
National titles He has won 3 times the individual national championship. 3 wins in the pole vault indoor (2001, 2002, 2004)
See also List of Italian records in athletics List of Italian records in masters athletics Italian all-time lists - Pole vault
References
External links
Giuseppe Gibilisco at Fiamme Gialle web site