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| Birth name | Erika Giorgia Anoeta Saraceni | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 May 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Triple jump: 13.47m (Lima, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Erika Giorgia Anoeta Saraceni (born 21 May 2006) is an Italian triple jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships. [1]
She finished fourth in the triple jump at both the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships, and the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships. [2]
She won gold in the triple jump at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor in July 2023 with an Italian U18 record performance of 13.42 metres. [3] She was given the honour of being among the flag-bearers for Italy at the conclusion of the Games. [4] She was named Italian young female athlete of the year in December 2023 by the Italian Athletics Federation. [5] [6]
She won the bronze medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024. [7] To do so, she increased her personal best twice, first with 13.45 metres with her second jump and then with 13.47 metres in the last of her six jumps. [8] [9]
She is from Milan and a member of Bracco Atletica. She is the daughter of athlete Enrico Saraceni. [8] [2]
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