Jennifer Dahlgren

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Jennifer Dahlgren
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Jennifer Dahlgren in 2012
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Dahlgren Fitzner
NationalityFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Born (1984-04-21) 21 April 1984 (age 38)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight112 kg (247 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Hammer throw
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro Hammer throw
South American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Cali Hammer throw
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Tunja Hammer throw
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Buenos Aires Hammer throw
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Lima Hammer throw
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Cartagenas Hammer throw
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Bridgetown Hammer throw
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Bridgetown Shot put
South American Youth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Bogotá Hammer throw
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Bogotá Discus throw
Updated on 28 January 2015.

Jennifer Dahlgren Fitzner (born 21 April 1984) is an Argentine hammer thrower. [1] Having spent much of her life in the United States, she competed as an amateur for the University of Georgia. She set the US collegiate hammer record and was the NCAA Outdoor champion in both 2006 and 2007. She is a three-time gold medallist at the South American Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

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Dahlgren has represented Argentina at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as having competed at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions. She first broke the South American record in the discipline in 2004 and has raised it several metres to her current best of 73.74 m. She is one of the continent's top performers in the event, in which South American athletes are historically weak. In 2010 she won the Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best Athletes from the last decade in Argentina. [2]

Career

Dahlgren's first major tournament was the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but she did not make the final, finishing 11th in the qualifying stages. She finished fourth at the 2001 World Youth Championships, but won the South American Junior Championships and took second at the Pan American Junior Championships that year. [3] Dahlgren took fifth at the World Junior Championships in Athletics the following year and again topped the podium in the 2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics. [4] The 2003 season proved to be a breakthrough year: she set the South American junior record in the discipline and won at the Pan American Junior Championships. [3]

Dahlgren reached the championship podium three times in 2004, finishing third at the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship for the University of Georgia with a South American record of 66.12 m, taking the gold at the South American U23 Championships in Athletics and winning a bronze medal at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships. However, she did not fare as well at the 2004 Summer Olympics, managing a throw of only 59.52 m. In 2005, she improved her record to 67.07 m and bettered her previous performance at the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish. [3] She set a championship record of 65.05 m to win the 2005 South American Championships in Athletics – her first senior title. [5] She did not continue her momentum into the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and she threw three fouls to be eliminated in the qualifying round. [3]

In 2006, she won the NCAA Indoor Weight throw title and set a new US collegiate record in the hammer with a throw of 71.78 m at the SEC Championships – the fourth time she had improved her South American record that year. [6] She went on to win her first outdoor NCAA hammer throw title a few months later. Dahlgren improved her championship record to 69.07 m to take a second continental gold at the 2006 South American Championships in Athletics. [7] She also won at the 2006 South American Games, which acted as the South American Under-23 Athletics Championships that year. [8]

She started 2007 by winning the NCAA championships with a mark of 70.72 m (her final amateur title) and throwing a new South American record of 72.01 m soon afterwards in Greensboro, North Carolina. [3] She scored her first major championship medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, taking the bronze with a throw of 68.37 m behind Cubans Yipsi Moreno and Arasay Thondike. [9] Representing Argentina at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, she threw 65.64 m in the qualifying round but this was not enough to progress to the final. [10]

She suffered a foot injury in 2008, which affected her performances early in the season. [11] She recovered somewhat in time for the 2008 Ibero-American Championships and was the silver medallist behind Rosa Rodríguez. [12] She had a best mark of 66.35 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics, leaving her as the best South American performer but in 29th place overall. She had a below par performance at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics, throwing 63.81 m for the bronze medal. [13] Despite this, she was also the best South American performer in the hammer at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, where her throw of 68.90 m was good enough for 17th, but not enough to make the final round.

She came under the tutelage of fellow Argentine Marcelo Pugliese, a former Olympic hammer thrower. At the start of the 2010 season, Dahlgren set another best of 73.74 m in Buenos Aires. [14]

Personal life

Dahlgren frequently moved with her family in her youth, which meant that she spent much time living in the United States. She returned to Argentina at the age of 13, but took time to feel comfortable with the language and settle into her school. However, after settling she was once again uprooted as her family moved to Texas. Her mother Irene Fitzner competed for Argentina as a sprint athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Dahlgren's younger brother, Paul, attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas. [3]

Dahlgren's great-grandfather was Swedish, hence her Swedish surname.

Personal bests

EventBest (m)VenueDate
Shot put (indoor)15.54 Blacksburg, Virginia, United States14 February 2004
20 lb weight throw (indoor)24.04 Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States10 March 2006
Hammer throw 73.74 Buenos Aires, Argentina10 April 2010

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
1999 South American Junior Championships Concepción, Chile 8thShot put10.79 m
7thDiscus throw37.46 m
5thHammer throw46.36 m
2000 South American Junior Championships São Leopoldo, Brazil 6thDiscus throw39.09 m
1stHammer throw54.95 m
World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 23rd (q)Hammer throw 50.49 m
South American Youth Championships Bogotá, Colombia2ndDiscus throw39.55 m A
1stHammer throw56.68 m A
2001 World Youth Championships Debrecen, Hungary4thHammer throw56.96 m
South American Junior Championships Santa Fe, Argentina 6thShot put12.47 m
1stHammer throw57.50 m
Pan American Junior Championships Santa Fe, Argentina 2ndHammer throw57.18 m
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 5thHammer throw 59.48 m (AJR)
South American Junior Championships /
South American Games 		Belém, Brazil2ndShot put 13.61 m
2ndDiscus throw 41.41 m
1stHammer throw 55.73 m
2003 Pan American Junior Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 3rdShot put14.26 m
1stHammer throw58.61 m
2004 South American U23 Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 3rdShot put 14.34 m
6thDiscus 42.62 m
1stHammer 65.17 m
Ibero-American Championships Huelva, Spain3rdHammer throw 63.72 m
Olympic Games Athens, Greece43rd (q)Hammer throw 59.52 m
2005 South American Championships Cali, Colombia 1stHammer throw 65.05 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland—Hammer throw NM
2006 South American Championships Tunja, Colombia 1stHammer throw 69.07 m (CR)
South American U23 Championships /
South American Games 		Buenos Aires, Argentina1stHammer throw 66.48 m
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rdHammer throw 68.37 m
World Championships Osaka, Japan25th (q)Hammer throw 65.64 m
2008 Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile2ndHammer throw 64.89 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China29th (q)Hammer throw 66.35 m
2009 South American Championships Lima, Peru3rdHammer throw 63.81 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany17th (q)Hammer throw 68.90 m
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 1stHammer throw 70.91 m
Continental Cup Split, Croatia 5thHammer throw 66.25 m
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina1stHammer throw 72.70 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea10thHammer throw 69.72 m
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico6thHammer throw 67.11 m
2012 Ibero-American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela2ndHammer throw 71.23 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom–Hammer throw NM
2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 3rdHammer throw 65.82 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia17th (q)Hammer throw 68.90 m
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile2ndHammer throw 67.94 m
Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil1stHammer throw 66.84 m
Pan American Sports Festival Mexico City, Mexico 6thHammer throw 68.37m A
2015 South American Championships Lima, Peru3rdHammer throw 64.76 m
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada7thHammer throw 65.33 m
World Championships Beijing, China21st (q)Hammer throw 67.68 m
2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1stHammer throw 67.34 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil27th (q)Hammer throw 63.03 m
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay2ndHammer throw 64.76 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom –Hammer throw NM
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia1stHammer throw 70.98 m
Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 1stHammer throw 68.89 m
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 3rdHammer throw 65.06 m
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 10thHammer throw 63.22 m

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References

  1. ↑ Biografía - General - DAHLGREN Jennifer - Argentina (in Spanish), retrieved May 11, 2014
  2. ↑ "Jennifer Dahlgren - Premio Konex: Diploma al Mérito 2010".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pochat, Victor (2007-08-24). Focus on Athletes - Jennifer Dahlgren. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-01-28.
  4. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2002-08-04). Brazil retains South American Junior crown – 7 area junior records fall. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  5. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2005-07-24). Brazil wins overall at the South American Championships, Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  6. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2006-05-17). Dahlgren takes South American hammer record beyond 70m. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  7. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2006-10-02). Brazil confirms its South American domination in Tunja. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  8. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2006-11-13). Brazil best at South American U-23. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  9. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-07-24). Moreno takes Hammer with 75.20 Games record – Pan-American Games, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  10. ↑ Hammer Throw - W Qualification Archived 2008-02-14 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF (2007-08-28). Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  11. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-05-23). 17.49m Triple Jump for Lewis the highlight in São Paulo. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  12. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-15). Brazil leads after day 2 of Ibero-American Championships in Iquique. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  13. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-20). Murer vaults 4.60m at South American Championships – Day 1 report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  14. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-04-12). Prepping for Hammer Throw Challenge opener, Dahlgren breaks South American record in Buenos Aires. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
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