Sara Fantini

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Sara Fantini
Sara Fantini.jpg
Fantini in 2024
Personal information
National team Italy: 7 caps (2017-2021) [1]
Born (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 27)
Fidenza
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Hammer throw
Coached byMarinella Vaccari [2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Hammer throw: 75.77 m (2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Rome Hammer throw
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Munich Hammer throw
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Hammer throw
European Throwing Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Leiria Hamner throw
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Leiria Hamner throw
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Gävle Hammer throw

Sara Fantini (born 16 September 1997) is an Italian hammer thrower european champion at Roma 2024.

Contents

Career

Fantini has won 14 national championships at senior level, [3] and ranked in the top 60, at 51st place, on the IAAF world leading list at the end of the 2017 outdoor season. [4] She is the daughter of the former shot putter Corrado Fantini. [5]

In 2019, Fantini's 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. [6]

Fantini competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in hammer throw. She threw 71.68, placing 12th at the event. [7]

Fantini competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the hammer throw. She threw 69.58 meters, placing 12th at the event. [8]

National records

Progression

Her personal best is 75.77 m established in 2022. [11]

Updated to 15 June 2024.

  Personal best

YearTimeVenueDateWorld Rank
201455.60 Flag of Italy.svg Milan 27/09/2014
201561.75 Flag of Italy.svg Jesolo 26/09/2015
201662.44 Flag of Italy.svg Caorle 10/09/2016
201768.24 Flag of Italy.svg Modena 02/06/2017
201866.06 Flag of Italy.svg Modena 23/06/2018
201970.30 Flag of Italy.svg Livorno 29/06/2019
202070.73 Flag of Italy.svg Udine 08/08/2020
202172.31 Flag of Spain.svg Madrid 19/06/2021
202275.77 Flag of Spain.svg Madrid 18/06/20225
202373.85 Flag of Hungary.svg Leiria 24/08/202314
202474.18 Flag of Italy.svg Rome 10/06/20249

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNotes
2016 World U20 Championships Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz 7thHammer throw 59.56 m [note 1]
2017 European U23 Championships Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz 11thHammer throw 63.38 m [note 2]
Universiade Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taipei 12thHammer throw 60.82 m [note 3]
2019 European U23 Championships Flag of Sweden.svg Gävle 3rdHammer throw 68.35 m
World Championships Flag of Qatar.svg Doha 26thHammer throw 66.58 m
2021 European Throwing Cup Flag of Croatia.svg Split 5thHammer throw70.21 m SB [12]
2022 European Championships Flag of Germany.svg Munich 3rdHammer throw 71.58 m [note 4]
2024 European Championships Flag of Italy.svg Rome 1stHammer throw 74.18 m SB

National titles

Fantini has won 15 national championships. [13] [3] [14]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ She throwed a better measure (61.62 m) in qualification
  2. ↑ She throwed a better measure (67.55 m) in qualification
  3. ↑ She throwed a better measure (62.92 m) in qualification
  4. ↑ She throws 73.40 m (Q) in qualify

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References

  1. ↑ "Italy Team Guide" (PDF). fidal.it (in Italian). 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Madrid: Tortu 10.27, Fantini 72,31 nel martello". fidal.it (in Italian). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). 1 January 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 - HAMMER THROW WOMEN". iaaf.org. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Atleta del mese - Sara Fantini". gazzettadiparma.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 September 2017. Sara Fantini, figlia d'arte (il papà Corrado è arrivato in finale nel lancio del peso ai giochi olimpici di Atlanta 1996
  6. ↑ "Doha, ecco gli azzurri per i Mondiali". fidal.it (in Italian). 12 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "FANTINI Sara". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Sara Fantini: Italy's Shot at Olympic Gold in Hammer Throw". ilmessaggero.it. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Fantini ancora record 75,77 a Madrid! Ali 10.15". fidal.it (in Italian). 18 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "ATLETICA: UNDER 23 – SARA FANTINI, PRIMA VOLTA OLTRE I 70 METRI. E' RECORD MARTELLO 70,30!". sportsmall.it (in Italian). 30 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Sara Fantini - Hammer throw progression". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Fantini 70,21, azzurri quarti in Coppa Europa". fidal.it (in Italian). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Lanci tricolori a Molfetta: Fantini 69,71". fidal.it (in Italian). 27 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Dal Molin record italiano 13.27, Jacobs 10.01!". fidal.it (in Italian). 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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