HILLARY WANDERSON POLANCO RIJO

SPECIALITY 4 x 100 m relay

Date of birth: 25/11/1997

Place of birth: Santo Domingo (Repubblica Dominicana)

Height x weight: 1,93 x 84

First Club: Atletica Riccardi Milano 1946

First Coach: Valentina Uccheddu

Coach: Alessandro Nocera

Other sports: Soccer

Hobby: Computer technology

Relationship Status: Single

Olympic Games Participation:

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Biography

He was born in the Dominican Republic, but when he was seven his parents moved to Cagliari, Sardinia. His first sport was football, as a centre back, but it was a family friend who steered him towards athletics in 2013: Valentina Uccheddu, second-best female Italian long jumper of all time. Having grown up in Amsicora with coach Andrea Atzeni, at the end of 2016 he moved to Turin, where he studied sports science, to be coached by Alessandro Nocera and moved to the Riccardi Milano club: due to his remarkable stature, he was nicknamed the “gentle giant”. In 2017, he won both Italian promesse (U23) running titles (60 indoors and 100 outdoors). An AC Milan fan, he dabbles with computers as a hobby.

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