Facts:   - sport: athletics    - event: javelin throw    - ritired: 2010    - country: ita italy      - birth date: 14 february 1978    - name: francesco pignata    - nationality: italian    - club: g.s. fiamme gialle    - birth place: reggio calabria , italy   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of francesco pignata .
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francesco pignata -lrb- born 14 february 1978 -rrb- is a former italian javelin thrower .