Daigoro Timoncini
Daigoro Timoncini is an 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 Wrestling at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg|96-kg category] in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing fifth at the 2007 [World Wrestling Championships|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 in tenth place.
At his second Olympics in London, Timoncini improved his tactics and strategy in Wrestling at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg|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. Timoncini finished in eighteenth place.