Daigoro Timoncini

Daigoro Timoncini

Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1985-12-13) December 13, 1985 Faenza, Italy
Height
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Club	GS Forestale (ITA)
Coached by	Domenico Giuffrida

Daigoro Timoncini (born December 13, 1985 in Faenza, Ravenna) is an amateur Italian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is also a two-time Olympian, and a six-time Italian national wrestling champion for the heavyweight category.

Timoncini qualified for the 96-kg category in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing fifth at the 2007 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. He first defeated Japan's Kenzo Kato in the qualifying round, but lost to Russia's Aslanbek Khushtov in the second round, without receiving a technical score. Because his second opponent advanced further into the final match, Timoncini automatically qualified for the first repechage bout, where he was defeated by Kazakhstan's Asset Mambetov, who scored a double reversed exposure for the entire period, finishing only in tenth place.

At his second Olympics in London, Timoncini managed to improve his tactics and strategy in men's heavyweight division. However, he was eliminated in the first round, after being defeated by Armenia's Artur Aleksanyan, who eventually won the bronze medal in this event, without receiving a single technical point in two consecutive periods. Following his insufficient and poor athletic performance in the competition, Timoncini finished in eighteenth place.

External links

• Profile – CONI (Italian)
• NBC Olympic Profile