Antonietta Di Martino

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Antonietta Di Martino
Antonietta Di Martino Berlin 2010.jpg
Di Martino in a G.S. Fiamme Gialle jersey.
Personal information
National team Italy: 26 caps (2000-2011) [1]
Born (1978-06-01) 1 June 1978 (age 46)
Cava de' Tirreni, Italy
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Retired2012 [note 1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 012
World Indoor Championships 010
European Indoor Championships 110
Mediterranean Games 100
European Cup (Super League)111
Total343
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Osaka High jump
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Berlin High jump
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Daegu High jump
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Istanbul High jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Paris High jump
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Birmingham High jump
European Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Bergen High jump
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Annecy High jump
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Leiria High jump
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Pescara High jump

Antonietta Di Martino (born 1 June 1978) is a retired Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres for outdoor events and 2.04 metres for indoor events. She also currently holds the women's all-time highest jump-differential, meaning she has jumped the highest (0.35 metres) more than her own height.

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Her first significant international achievement was winning silver medal at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham. In the same year, she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. After a disappointing Olympics in Beijing, she won her first gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in 2011 in Paris and the bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu. In 2012, she won another silver medal at the World Indoor Championships.

Biography

Early years (1990–2001)

Di Martino was born in Cava de' Tirreni. Her athletics history began at the age of 12 at the Youth Games, which highlighted her beginnings. Coincidentally, the high jump was not her first specialty. For much of her youth, she practiced the javelin throw and continued trying for multiple disciplines. She debuted in the national team for heptathlon in the European Cup in 2001.

Early achievements (2001–2006)

Her skills as a high jumper were first discovered in July 2001, during the Italian Championship in Catania when her jump raised her personal best from 1.93 to 1.98 meters, thus equalling the personal best of accomplished Italian high-jumper Antonella Bevilacqua. A month later, she was able to reach the world finals where she finished twelfth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. In 2006, she finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow and tenth at the European Championships in Gothenburg.

The Golden year - 2007

In February 2007, she cleared 2.00 metres in Banská Bystrica, breaking Sara Simeoni's previous Italian indoor record of 1.98 m. She followed this up with a silver medal at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, [2] where she jumped 1.96 m.

Di Martino also won the silver medal at 2007 World Championships, having jumped 2.03 m. Her 2008 season was not so successful and she managed only the tenth position at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and closed the year carrying a serious toe injury, making her consider retiring from the sport. [3]

Her return (2009–2012)

Di Martino in action at ISTAF (2010) Di Martino ISTAF Berlino 2010.jpg
Di Martino in action at ISTAF (2010)

In September 2009, she changed coach and a resurgence in her form. She won the Italian Indoor Championships, but illness ruled her out of the 2009 European Indoor Championships a few months later. [3] She took bronze at the 2009 European Team Championships and soon after, she beat Blanka Vlašić to win the Golden Gala meeting, jumping 2.00 m in Rome. [4] She cleared 1.99 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, securing a fourth-place finish. She capped off the year with a bronze at the final edition of the World Athletics Final. [3]

Antonietta Di Martino won the gold medal at the 2010 European Team Championships, but did not even pass the qualifying round at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. She rebounded at the start of the 2011 season, jumping to an Italian indoor record of 2.04 m in Banská Bystrica in Slovakia. [5] She continued with her good form in March by winning the European Indoor Championship in Paris with 2.01 m.

Records and achievements

Her personal best outdoor jump is 2.03 metres, achieved on 24 June 2007, in Milan by surpassing her own previous Italian record of 2.02 m, while her best indoor result came at an indoor high jump meeting in Slovakia on 9 February 2011 with a new national record of 2.04 m. Standing at only 1.69 m, this jump is the unofficial women's world record for the highest jump over her own height (at 35 cm). [6] Di Martino used to be active in heptathlon, achieving a personal best of 5542 points (2001).

Missing the 2012 Summer Olympics

Di Martino suffered an injury on her knee in April 2012, [7] just four months before the Olympic Games. She was forced to temporarily stop training. However, the National Athletics Federation (FIDAL) underestimate the nature of the injury, which was diagnosed in the three weeks of rehabilitation. But less than a month before the Olympics, they learned that the injury was more serious than expected, forcing her to undergo surgery, ruling her out of London. [8] Her knee surgery was performed just a few days before the race in the Olympics high jump. [9]

Her coach in an interview, accused the FIDAL have underestimated the nature of the injury and failing to ensure an athlete who has contributed immensely to Italian sport the right care at the time of rehabilitation.

National records

Achievements

Di Martino celebrates her silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka Osaka07 D9A Antonietta di Martino.jpg
Di Martino celebrates her silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka
The podium of 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul 2012 IAAF World Indoor by Mardetanha3186.JPG
The podium of 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul

Amtonietta Di Martino made 12 career jumps over 2.00 m (bolded in the table).

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNote
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada12th High jump 1,85 m [note 2]
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia5th High jump 1,96 m
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden10th High jump 1,92 m
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom2nd High jump 1,96 m [10]
World Championships Osaka, Japan2nd High jump 2,03 m Sport records icon NR.svg
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain10th High jump 1,93 m
European Cup Annecy, France2ndHigh jump1,95 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China7th High jump 1.93 m [note 3]
2009 European Team Championships Leiria, Portugal3dHigh jump2,00 m
Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy1st High jump 1,97 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany3rd High jump 1,99 m [11]
2010 European Team Championships Bergen, Norway1stHigh jump2,00 m
Diamond League 2ndHigh jump details
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France1st High jump 2,01 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea3d High jump 2,00 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey2nd High jump 1,95 m

Others meetings and championships

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNote
2006 British Grand Prix Gateshead, United Kingdom3rdHigh jump1,94 m
Golden Gala Rome, Italy11thHigh jump1,80 m
Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium5thHigh jump1,95 m
2007 Europa SC High Jump Banská Bystrica, Slovakia2ndHigh jump2,00 m
Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin, Italy1stHigh jump2,02 m Sport records icon NR.svg
Bislett Games Oslo, Norway6thHigh jump1,90 m
European Cup (first league) Milan, Italy1stHigh jump2,03 m Sport records icon NR.svg
IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany2ndHigh jump1,97 m
2009 Golden Gala Rome, Italy1stHigh jump2,00 m
IAAF World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece3rdHigh jump1,97 m
2010 Golden Gala Rome, Italy2ndHigh jump1,95 m
Italian Athletics Championships Grosseto, Italy1stHigh jump2,01 m
2011 Europa SC High Jump Banská Bystrica, Slovakia1stHigh jump2,04 m Sport records icon NR.svg [note 4]
Spanish Athletics Championships Málaga, Spain1stHigh jump2,00 m
Rieti Meeting Rieti, Italy1stHigh jump1,96 m

National championships

Antonietta Di Martino has won the individual national championship 10 times. [12] [13]

Progression

Antonietta Di Martino ranked 15 times in the top 25 of the world for the season list. [14] Her 2.04 m indoor is also the 8th best performance of all-time. [15]

High Jump Differentials

Antonietta Di Martino at the 2009 World Championships high jump final. Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) (3854958089).jpg
Antonietta Di Martino at the 2009 World Championships high jump final.

All time lists of athletes with the highest recorded jumps above their own height. [16] [17]

AthleteBornTallJumpYearDiff.
1 Flag of Italy.svg Antonietta Di Martino19781.692.04i20110.35
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Kajsa Bergqvist 19761.752.08i20060.33
Flag of Greece.svg Niki Bakoyianni 19681.702.031998
4 Flag of the United States.svg Yolanda Henry 19641.682.00i19900.32
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Emilia Dragieva 19651.682.00i1987
6 Flag of France.svg Marie Collonvillé 19731.631.9419970.31

See also

Notes

  1. Officially announced at 2015 Golden Gala.
  2. She jumped a better measure (1.91 m) in qualify.
  3. After the disqualification of three athletes for doping.
  4. She also jumped 2.02 m before in same race.

References

  1. "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. Gordon, Ed (14 February 2007). "Holm 2.37, and Veneva 2.02 in Banská Bystrica". IAAF. Retrieved 4 March 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 Sampaolo, Diego (21 January 2010). From brink of retirement, Di Martino finds new motivation. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-01-30.
  4. Ramsak, Bob (10 July 2009). "IAAF: Gay powers back with 9.77 in Rome – REPORT - ÅF Golden League| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. Gordon, Ed (10 February 2011). Ukhov again over 2.38m, Di Martino surprises with 2.04m in Banska Bystrica. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
  6. "List for unofficial world record of difference between personal best and standing height". STEFAN HOLM. Homepage of Stefan Holm. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  7. "Esami clinici per la Di Martino". FIDAL (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  8. "Di Martino l'Olimpiade ancora in forse". FIDAL (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  9. "Di Martino operata al ginocchio". FIDAL (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  10. "Osaka 2007 - High Jump W FINAL". IAAF. iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  11. "Sanctions for anti-doping rule violations in athletics as of 29 January 2018". IAAF. iaaf.org. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018. CHICHEROVA Anna (Date of birth 22.07.82) RUS In competition, "XXIX Olympic Games", Beijing, CHN 24.08.08 2 years ineligibility 01.07.16-30.06.18 From 24.08.08 to 23.08.10
  12. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). SPORT OLIMPICO. sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  13. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". GBR ATHLETICS. gbrathletics.com. 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  14. "Track and Field Statistics - Antonietta Di Martino&#124". TRACK FIELD BRIMKSTER. trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  15. "High Jump- Women - Senior - Indoor". IAAF. iaaf.org. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  16. "High Jump Differentials". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  17. "50 cm club - Alltime list in jump above own height" . Retrieved 24 April 2021.