Sara Fantini

Sara Fantini

Fantini in 2024
Personal information
National team	Italy: 7 caps (2017-2021) [1]
Born	(1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 27) Fidenza
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Coached by	Marinella Vaccari [2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Hammer throw: 75.77 m (2022)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Italy European Championships 2024 Rome Hammer throw 2022 Munich Hammer throw European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Hammer throw European Throwing Cup 2023 Leiria Hammer throw 2022 Leiria Hammer throw 2025 Nicosia Hammer Throw European U23 Championships 2019 Gävle Hammer throw

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

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

• Hammer throw: 75.77 m, ( Madrid, 18 June 2022) - Current holder ^[9]
• Hammer throw under-23: 70.30 m ( Livorno, 29 June 2019) ^[10]

Progression

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

Updated to 15 June 2024.

  Personal best

Year	Time	Venue	Date	World Rank
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	73.85	Leiria	24/08/2023	14
2024	74.18	Rome	10/06/2024	9

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Measure	Notes
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 [12]
2022	European Championships	Munich	3rd	Hammer throw	71.58 m	[note 4]
2024	European Championships	Rome	1st	Hammer throw	74.18 m	SB

National titles

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

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Hammer throw: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (8)
• Italian Winter Throwing Championships
  • Hammer throw: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (7)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Hammer throw

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

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. "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.

External links

• Sara Fantini at World Athletics
• Sara Fantini at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Sara Fantini at Olympics.com
• Sara Fantini at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Sara Fantini at Olympedia
• Sara Fantini at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Sara Fantini – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)