Despite his records, he is best remembered for the scandal that occurred during the
1987 World Championships. In the long jump final, home officials gave a forged measurement for one of Evangelisti's jumps - recording it as 8.37m instead of 7.85m - which resulted in him winning the bronze medal. Though initially successful, the scam was eventually exposed by
Sandro Donati and others, resulting in Evangelisti relinquishing his medal.
Larry Myricks of the
United States was instated as the rightful bronze medalist nine months later. He won
11 medals (nine of them bronze), at the
International athletics competitions. His personal best jump was 8.43 metres, achieved in
San Giovanni Valdarno on 16 May 1987. This stood as the Italian record until
2007, when
Andrew Howe jumped 8.47. He has 59 caps in
national team from 1982 to 1994. ==Achievements==