Sara Fantini

Sara Fantini
Fantini in 2024
Personal information
National teamItaly: 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
SportAthletics
EventHammer throw
Coached byMarinella Vaccari[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Hammer throw: 75.77 m (2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome Hammer throw
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Hammer throw
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Hammer throw
European Throwing Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Leiria Hamner throw
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Leiria Hamner throw
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 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, (Spain Madrid, 18 June 2022) - Current holder[9]
  • Hammer throw under-23: 70.30 m (Italy 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 Italy Milan 27/09/2014
2015 61.75 Italy Jesolo 26/09/2015
2016 62.44 Italy Caorle 10/09/2016
2017 68.24 Italy Modena 02/06/2017
2018 66.06 Italy Modena 23/06/2018
2019 70.30 Italy Livorno 29/06/2019
2020 70.73 Italy Udine 08/08/2020
2021 72.31 Spain Madrid 19/06/2021
2022 75.77 Spain Madrid 18/06/2022 5
2023 73.85 Hungary Leiria 24/08/2023 14
2024 74.18 Italy Rome 10/06/2024 9

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[12]
2022 European Championships Germany Munich 3rd Hammer throw 71.58 m [note 4]
2024 European Championships Italy Rome 1st Hammer 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

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. ^ a b "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.