Nazareno Sasia

Nazareno Sasia

Personal information
Full name	Nazareno Uriel Sasia
Born	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 24) Cerrito, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put

Nazareno Uriel Sasia (born 5 January 2001) is an Argentine athlete specialising in the shot put. ^[1] He represented his country at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest without qualifying for the final. In addition, he has won multiple medals on regional level.

His personal bests in the event are 20.74 metres outdoors (Concepción del Uruguay 2023) and 19.79 metres indoors (Cochabamba 2024). He also has a best of 57.26 metres in the discus (Cascavel 2022).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Argentina
2018	South American U18 Championships	Cuenca, Ecuador	1st	Shot put (5 kg)	21.40 m
			2nd	Discus throw (1.5 kg)	57.19 m
	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	Shot put (5 kg)	43.19 m 1
2019	South American U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	Shot put (6 kg)	19.13 m
			3rd	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	53.91 m
	Pan American U20 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	4th	Shot put (6 kg)	19.88 m
			8th	Discus throw (1.75 kg)	55.37 m
2021	South American Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	2nd	Shot put	19.79 m
			4th	Discus throw	53.56 m
	South American U23 Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	1st	Shot put	19.11 m
			3rd	Discus throw	55.24 m
	Junior Pan American Games (U23)	Cali, Colombia	1st	Shot put	20.08 m
			5th	Discus throw	55.69 m
2022	South American U23 Championships	Cascavel, Brazil	1st	Shot put	19.76 m
			1st	Discus throw	57.26 m
	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	3rd	Shot put	19.73 m
2023	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	Shot put	19.75 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	26th (q)	Shot put	19.51 m
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	6th	Shot put	19.69 m
2024	South American Indoor Championships	Cochabamba, Bolivia	2nd	Shot put	19.79 m
	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	4th	Shot put	20.33 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	23rd (q)	Shot put	19.33 m

¹Aggregate of 21.94 and 21.25

References

1. Nazareno Sasia at World Athletics

External links

• Nazareno Sasia at Olympics.com
• Nazareno Sasia at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Nazareno Sasia at Olympedia
• Nazareno Sasia at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)