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He competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1956 Olympics and finished in 1st, 2nd, 6th and 17 place, respectively.
He competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1956 Olympics and finished in 1st, 2nd, 6th and 17 place, respectively.
He took the Olympic Oath at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. After retirement, he was inducted into the FIDAL Hall of Fame. Consolini was the youngest of five children in a farmer family.
His first athletics competition was a local stone throwing contest in 1937.
In 1941 he set a new world record at 53.34 m, which he extended to 54.23 m in 1946 and to 55.33 m in 1948. Consolini retired from top sport after the 1960 Olympics, but continued competing at the national level until the age of 52, when he threw 43.94 m in Milan.
The family settled in Milan where Consolini worked at Pirelli company the rest of his life. He died aged 52 from a viral hepatitis.
While winning the gold medal in 1948 he set an Olympic record at 52.78 m. Consolini won three European titles, in 1946, 1950 and 1954, and 15 national titles. A few months later he started training in the discus. Already in 1938 he finished fifth at the European championships, and in 1939 won the first of his 15 national titles.
