- Diego Fortuna
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Diego Fortuna (born February 14, 1968 in Vicenza) is a retired male discus thrower from Italy, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000). He won the men's discus throw event at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, and set his personal best (64.69 m) on June 24, 2000 at a meet in Ravenna.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing 
Italy1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th 64.26 m 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 14th 62.24 m 2001 Mediterranean Games Radès, Tunisia 1st 64.40 m 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 16th 60.04 m References
- IAAF profile for Diego Fortuna
- Profile
Mediterranean Champions in Men's Discus Throw 1949: Angiolo Profeti (ITA) • 1951: Giuseppe Tosi (ITA) • 1955: Adolfo Consolini (ITA) • 1959: Antonios Kounadis (GRE) • 1963: Dako Radošević (YUG) • 1967: Silvano Simeon (ITA) • 1971: Silvano Simeon (ITA) • 1975: Armando de Vincentis (ITA) • 1979: Armando de Vincentis (ITA) • 1983: Kostas Georgakopoulos (GRE) • 1987: Marco Martino (ITA) • 1991: Luciano Zerbini (ITA) • 1993: Luciano Zerbini (ITA) • 1997: Igor Primc (SLO) • 2001: Diego Fortuna (ITA) • 2005: Mario Pestano (ESP) • 2009: Frank Casañas (ESP)
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- Italian discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- Italian athletics biography stubs
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