Sara Fantini

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Sara Fantini
Personal information
National teamItaly: 7 caps (2017-2021)[1]
Born (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 24)
Fidenza
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Hammer throw
Coached byMarinella Vaccari[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Hammer throw: 72.31 m (2020)
Medal record
European Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Silesia Hammer throw
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gävle Hammer throw

Sara Fantini (born 16 September 1997) is an Italian female hammer thrower. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Hammer throw.[3]

Career[]

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]

National records[]

  • Hammer throw under-23: 70.30 m (Italy Livorno, 29 June 2019)[8]

Personal best[]

  • Hammer throw: 70.73 m, (Spain Madrid, 19 June 2021)[2]

Achievements[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Measure Notes
2016 World U20 Championships Poland Bydgoszcz 7th Hammer throw 59.56 m [note 1]
2017 European U23 Championships Poland Bydgoszcz 11th Hammer throw 63.38 m [note 2]
Universiade Taiwan Taipei 12th Hammer throw 60.82 m [note 3]
2019 European U23 Championships Sweden Gävle 3rd Hammer throw 68.35 m
World Championships Qatar Doha 26th Hammer throw 66.58 m
2021 European Throwing Cup Croatia Split 5th Hammer throw 70.21 m SB[9]

National titles[]

Fantini has won nine national championships.[10][4][11]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Italy Team Guide" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Madrid: Tortu 10.27, Fantini 72,31 nel martello" (in Italian). fidal.it. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Athletics FANTINI Sara - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  5. ^ "SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 - HAMMER THROW WOMEN". iaaf.org. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Atleta del mese - Sara Fantini" (in Italian). gazzettadiparma.it. 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
  7. ^ "Doha, ecco gli azzurri per i Mondiali" (in Italian). fidal.it. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. ^ "ATLETICA: UNDER 23 – SARA FANTINI, PRIMA VOLTA OLTRE I 70 METRI. E' RECORD MARTELLO 70,30!". sportsmall.it. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Fantini 70,21, azzurri quarti in Coppa Europa" (in Italian). fidal.it. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Lanci tricolori a Molfetta: Fantini 69,71" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Dal Molin record italiano 13.27, Jacobs 10.01!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

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