Jury Chechi
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Full name | Jury Dimitri Chechi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | il Signore degli Anelli ("the Lord of the Rings")[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1969-10-11) 11 October 1969 (age 54) Prato, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SG Etruria Prato[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Bruno Franceschetti[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2004[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jury Dimitri Chechi Commendatore OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈjuːri ˈkeːki]; born 11 October 1969) is a retired Italian gymnast.
Biography
Chechi was named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.[2] He won the Olympics title in the rings at Atlanta 1996 and was third at Athens 2004. Chechi's bronze was the result of his attempted comeback into the sport at the age of 35, well above what is considered the average age of a male gymnast.
Chechi dominated his specialty, the rings, during the nineties, so he was nicknamed "the Lord of the Rings"; however, he could not participate in the Barcelona 1992 and Sydney 2000 Olympic games due to serious injuries. He has won five gold and two bronze medals at the World Gymnastics Championships and four gold and two bronze medals at the European Championships.[2]
Chechi was the Italian flagbearer at the opening ceremony in the Athens Games in 2004. He also participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin.
Jury sparked some controversy at the 2004 Athens Olympic games when he shook the hand of silver medalist in the rings final, Yordan Yovchev and signaled that he should have won the gold medal, not Dimosthenis Tampakos (meaning that he won only because he was the local champion).
He is an atheist.[4]
Honours of merit
- 3rd Class / Commander: Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
— 27 September 2004. Initiative by President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "A Obiettivo Londra il "Signore degli Anelli" Yuri Chechi" (in Italian). sky.it. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jury Chechi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ Jury Chechi, il ritorno del re. gazzetta.it. 7 April 2004
- ^ "6 vip italiani che non sapevi fossero atei".
- ^ Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig. Jury CHECHI. quirinale.it
External links
- Jury Chechi at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Jury Chechi at Olympics.com
- Jury Chechi at Olympedia
- Jury Chechi at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Jury Chechi at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Official website (in Italian)
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for Italy Athens 2004 | Succeeded by |
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- 1896: Ioannis Mitropoulos (GRE)
- 1904: Herman Glass (USA)
- 1924: Francesco Martino (ITA)
- 1928: Leon Štukelj (YUG)
- 1932: George Gulack (USA)
- 1936: Alois Hudec (TCH)
- 1948: Karl Frei (SUI)
- 1952: Hrant Shahinyan (URS)
- 1956: Albert Azaryan (URS)
- 1960: Albert Azaryan (URS)
- 1964: Takuji Hayata (JPN)
- 1968: Akinori Nakayama (JPN)
- 1972: Akinori Nakayama (JPN)
- 1976: Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1980: Alexander Dityatin (URS)
- 1984: Kōji Gushiken (JPN)
1984 Li Ning (CHN) - 1988: Holger Behrendt (GDR)
1988 Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS) - 1992: Vitaly Scherbo (EUN)
- 1996: Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 2000: Szilveszter Csollány (HUN)
- 2004: Dimosthenis Tampakos (GRE)
- 2008: Chen Yibing (CHN)
- 2012: Arthur Zanetti (BRA)
- 2016: Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2020: Liu Yang (CHN)
- 2024: Liu Yang (CHN)