Agnese Maffeis

Agnese Maffeis

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1965-03-09) 9 March 1965 (age 60) Bergamo, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw Shot put
Club	Snam Gas Metano
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Shot put 17.76 m (1998) Discus throw: 63.66 m (1996)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1987 Latakia Shot put 1991 Athens Discus throw 1993 Narbonne Shot put 1993 Narbonne Discus throw 1991 Athens Shot put 2001 Tunis Discus throw

Agnese Maffeis (born 9 March 1965, in Bergamo) is an Italian discus thrower and shot putter. She won six medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. ^[1]

She has 73 caps in national team from 1981 to 2003, second Italian athlete of all-time behind Marisa Masullo that have 79 caps. ^[2]

Biography

She finished twelfth at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 1997 World Championships. She also competed in the 1996 Olympics, but failed to qualify from her pool. At the Mediterranean Games she won gold medals in shot put in 1987 and 1993 and in discus in 1991 and 1993. She won a silver medal in shot put in 1991 and in discus in 2001.

Her personal best throw currently stands at 63.66 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Milan. She is married to Alessandro Andrei.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	10th	Discus	61.22 m

National titles

Agnese Maffeis has won 38 times the individual national championship (Italian all-time record-woman). ^{[3] [4]}

• 5 wins in the shot put (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
• 14 wins in the discus throw (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
• 9 wins in the shot put indoor (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
• 10 wins in the discus throw at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships (1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)

See also

• Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners
• Italy national athletics team - Women's more caps
• Italian all-time lists - Shot put
• Italian all-time lists - Discus throw

References

1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
3. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
4. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

External links

• Agnese Maffeis at World Athletics
• Agnese Maffeis at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Agnese Maffeis at Olympics.com
• Agnese Maffeis at Olympedia