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| National team | Italy: 7 caps (2017-2021) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 1997 Fidenza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Marinella Vaccari [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sara Fantini (born 16 September 1997) is an Italian female hammer thrower. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Hammer throw. [3]
She has won eight national championships at senior level, [4] and ranked in the top 60, at 51st place, on the IAAF world leading list at the end of the 2017 outdoor season. [5] She is the daughter of the former shot putter Corrado Fantini. [6]
In 2019 her personal record 70.30 m, besides being the 32nd result of the world lists of the year (which allowed her to be invited by the IAAF for the 2019 World Athletics Championships thanks to the target numbers), and national record under 23 , is also the 4th best all-time Italian performance. [7]
Her personal best is 75.77 m established in 2022. [10]
Personal best
| Year | Time | Venue | Date | World Rank |
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| 2014 | 55.60 |  Milan | 27/09/2014 | |
| 2015 | 61.75 | Jesolo | 26/09/2015 | |
| 2016 | 62.44 | Caorle | 10/09/2016 | |
| 2017 | 68.24 | Modena | 02/06/2017 | |
| 2018 | 66.06 | Modena | 23/06/2018 | |
| 2019 | 70.30 | Livorno | 29/06/2019 | |
| 2020 | 70.73 | Udine | 08/08/2020 | |
| 2021 | 72.31 |  Madrid | 19/06/2021 | |
| 2022 | 75.77 | Madrid | 18/06/2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 73.26 |  Leiria | 12/06/2023 | 1 |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Measure | Notes |
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| 2016 | World U20 Championships |  Bydgoszcz | 7th | Hammer throw | 59.56 m | [note 1] |
| 2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz | 11th | Hammer throw | 63.38 m | [note 2] |
| Universiade |  Taipei | 12th | Hammer throw | 60.82 m | [note 3] | |
| 2019 | European U23 Championships |  Gävle | 3rd | Hammer throw | 68.35 m | |
| World Championships |  Doha | 26th | Hammer throw | 66.58 m | ||
| 2021 | European Throwing Cup |  Split | 5th | Hammer throw | 70.21 m | SB [11] |
| 2022 | European Championships |  Munich | 3rd | Hammer throw | 71.58 m | [note 4] |
Fantini has won nine national championships. [12] [4] [13]
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