Jury Dimitri Chechi Commendatore OMRI

Italian orders of merit

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 (born 11 October 1969) is a retired Italian

Italy

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 gymnast

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Biography

Born in Prato

Prato

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 (Tuscany

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), he won the Olympics title in the rings at Atlanta 1996

1996 Summer Olympics

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 and was third at Athens 2004

Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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. 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.

Jury Chechi dominated his specialty, the rings, during the nineties, so he was named "The Lord of the Rings", however he could not participate in the Barcelona 1992

1992 Summer Olympics

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 and Sydney 2000

2000 Summer Olympics

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 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.

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

2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

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 in Turin

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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

Dimosthenis Tampakos

Dimosthenis Tampakos is a Greek gymnast.He won gold in the men's rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.862. He had also won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2003 he tied for first place with Yordan Yovchev at the World Championships.-External links:*...

 (meaning that he won only because he was the local champion).

Honours of merit

3rd Class / Commander: Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana

— 27 September 2004. Initiative by President of the Italian Republic

President of the Italian Republic

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 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

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