Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Italy	Representing Italy	Representing Italy	Representing Italy	Representing Italy
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	5th	15.81 m
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	11th	15.55 m (-2.0 m/s)
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	6th	16.57 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	25th (q)	16.34 m
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	6th	16.77 m
2001	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	1st	17.05 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	4th	16.90 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	17.15 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	13th (q)	16.63 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (q)	16.68 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	21st (q)	16.45 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	17th (q)	16.35 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	16th (q)	16.66 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	32nd (q)	16.20 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	4th	17.27 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	21st (q)	16.70 m
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	1st	17.59 m (iNR)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	41st (q)	15.81 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	16.88 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	9th	16.54 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	17.73 m (iNR)
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	10th	16.77 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	4th	17.28 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	17.63 m (w)
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	3rd	17.48 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	15th (q)	16.53 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	16.66 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17th (q)	16.54 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	17.13 m (M40 WR)
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	14th	15.96 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	20th (q)	16.15 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	18th (q)	15.93 m