Assunta Legnante
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Naples, Italy | 14 May 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 122 kg (269 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Visually impaired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Italgest Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assunta Legnante (born 14 May 1978 in Naples) is a visually impaired Italian shot putter. She has competed in both the Olympics and the Paralympics, one of the few athletes to do so. As of February 2013, she is the current F11 shot put world record holder.[1]
Non-disabled athletics career[]
Legnante won the silver medal at the 2002 and the gold medal at the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships, where she captained the Italian team.[2] She finished fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, having missed the 2004 Olympics due to dangerously high intraocular pressure.[2][3]
Her personal best throw is 19.04 metres, achieved in September 2006 in Busto Arsizio. Her best indoor result is 19.20 metres, achieved in February 2002 in Genova.[4]
Blindness and Paralympics[]
Legnante was born with congenital glaucoma in both eyes.[2] In 2009, she suddenly lost the sight in her better, right eye.[2][3] Her left retina then deteriorated.[2] She had a cataract removed in March 2012, but that did not improve her sight. She now has light perception in her left eye, but nothing more.[2]
The 2007 European indoor champion did not lose heart and started a new career as a Paralympic athlete, training for the forthcoming 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]
At the 2012 Italian Paralympic Athletics Championships in Turin she set a new F11 shot put world record with a throw of 13.27 metres.[5] On 8 June, at Memorial Primo Nebiolo in Turin, she improved the world record, three times, to 15.22 m.[6] At the London Paralympics, she broke her own world record with a throw of 16.74 metres.[1]
In 2014, she returned to international level throwing 17.09 on 20 June and 17.39 at the regional championships in Naples eight days later.
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 13th (q) | Shot put | 13.44 m |
1999 | European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 3rd | Shot put | 16.53 m |
2001 | Mediterranean Games | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | Shot put | 17.23 m |
Universiade | Beijing, China | 11th | Shot put | 16.16 m | |
2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 2nd | Shot put | 18.60 m |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 8th | Shot put | 18.23 m = PB | |
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | 8th | Shot put | 18.20 m |
World Championships | Paris, France | 8th | Shot put | 18.28 m | |
2004 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 6th | Shot put | 17.20 m |
2005 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 6th | Shot put | 17.76 m |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 12th | Shot put | 16.99 m | |
Universiade | Izmir, Turkey | 4th | Shot put | 17.31 m | |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th | Shot put | 18.83 m |
2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | 1st | Shot put | 18.92 m |
2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 2nd | Shot put | 17.44 m |
Paralympic Athletics | |||||
2012 | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | 1st | Shot put | 16.74 m ![]() |
8th | Discus throw | 30.81 m | |||
2016 | Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brasil | 1st | Shot put | 15.74 m |
4th | Discus throw | 31.51 m |
See also[]
- List of athletes who have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics
- Italian all-time lists - shot put
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "IPC Athletics World Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Beijing Olympic shot-putter Assunta Legnante now blind, seeks Paralympic title". Association Internationale De La Presse Sportive. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Atletica: Legnante shock "Non ci vedo piu"" (in Italian). sportlive.it. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ IAAF Athlete Profile: Assunta Legnante
- ^ "Assunta Legnante nuovo record del mondo, tanti ottimi risultati" (in Italian). Fispes.it. Retrieved 12 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Torino per il record bis di Abate" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
External links[]
- Assunta Legnante at Olympic.org (archived)
- Assunta Legnante at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Assunta Legnante at Olympics.com
- Assunta Legnante at Paralympic.org
- Assunta Legnante at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
- Assunta Legnante at Olympedia
- Assunta Legnante at World Athletics
- Assunta Legnante at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Assunta Legnante at Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Assunta Legnante at TrackField.brinkster.net
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Italian female shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- Sportspeople from Naples
- Paralympic athletes of Italy
- Paralympic gold medalists for Italy
- Paralympic silver medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- World record holders in Paralympic athletics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)