Sara Fantini
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National team | Italy: 7 caps (2017-2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fidenza | 16 September 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Marinella Vaccari[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sara Fantini (born 16 September 1997) is an Italian hammer thrower european champion at Roma 2024.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Her personal best is 75.77 m established in 2022.[11]
Updated to 15 June 2024.
Personal best
Year | Time | Venue | Date | World Rank |
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2014 | 55.60 | ![]() |
27/09/2014 | |
2015 | 61.75 | ![]() |
26/09/2015 | |
2016 | 62.44 | ![]() |
10/09/2016 | |
2017 | 68.24 | ![]() |
02/06/2017 | |
2018 | 66.06 | ![]() |
23/06/2018 | |
2019 | 70.30 | ![]() |
29/06/2019 | |
2020 | 70.73 | ![]() |
08/08/2020 | |
2021 | 72.31 | ![]() |
19/06/2021 | |
2022 | 75.77 | ![]() |
18/06/2022 | 5 |
2023 | 73.85 | ![]() |
24/08/2023 | 14 |
2024 | 74.18 | ![]() |
10/06/2024 | 9 |
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Measure | Notes |
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2016 | World U20 Championships | ![]() |
7th | Hammer throw | 59.56 m | [note 1] |
2017 | European U23 Championships | ![]() |
11th | Hammer throw | 63.38 m | [note 2] |
Universiade | ![]() |
12th | Hammer throw | 60.82 m | [note 3] | |
2019 | European U23 Championships | ![]() |
3rd | Hammer throw | 68.35 m | |
World Championships | ![]() |
26th | Hammer throw | 66.58 m | ||
2021 | European Throwing Cup | ![]() |
5th | Hammer throw | 70.21 m | SB[12] |
2022 | European Championships | ![]() |
3rd | Hammer throw | 71.58 m | [note 4] |
2024 | European Championships | ![]() |
1st | Hammer throw | 74.18 m | SB |
National titles
[edit]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
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Italy Team Guide" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Madrid: Tortu 10.27, Fantini 72,31 nel martello" (in Italian). fidal.it. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 - HAMMER THROW WOMEN". iaaf.org. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Doha, ecco gli azzurri per i Mondiali" (in Italian). fidal.it. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Athletics 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.
- ^ "Sara Fantini: Italy's Shot at Olympic Gold in Hammer Throw". www.ilmessaggero.it. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Fantini ancora record 75,77 a Madrid! Ali 10.15". fidal.it (in Italian). 18 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sara Fantini - Hammer throw progression". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Fantini 70,21, azzurri quarti in Coppa Europa" (in Italian). fidal.it. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Lanci tricolori a Molfetta: Fantini 69,71" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Dal Molin record italiano 13.27, Jacobs 10.01!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Sara Fantini at World Athletics
- Sara Fantini at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Sara Fantini at Olympics.com
- Sara Fantini at Olympedia
- Sara Fantini at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Italian female hammer throwers
- People from Fidenza
- Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Sportspeople from the Province of Parma
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- 21st-century Italian sportswomen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Italy
- European Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics