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Sara Fantini

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Sara Fantini
Fantini in 2026
Personal information
National teamItaly: 7 caps (2017-2021)[1]
Born (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 28)
Fidenza
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Hammer 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 place2024 RomeHammer throw
Silver medal – second place2026 BirminghamHammer throw
Bronze medal – third place2022 MunichHammer throw
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaHammer throw
European Throwing Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 LeiriaHammer throw
Bronze medal – third place2022 LeiriaHammer throw
Bronze medal – third place2025 NicosiaHammer Throw
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 GävleHammer throw

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

Career

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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, ranking 32nd of the world lists of the year. This qualified her for the IAAF for the 2019 World Athletics Championships. Fantini's national record under 23, ranks her 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

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  • 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

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

Updated to 15 June 2024.

  Personal best

YearTimeVenueDateWorld Rank
201455.60Italy Milan27/09/2014
201561.75Italy Jesolo26/09/2015
201662.44Italy Caorle10/09/2016
201768.24Italy Modena02/06/2017
201866.06Italy Modena23/06/2018
201970.30Italy Livorno29/06/2019
202070.73Italy Udine08/08/2020
202172.31Spain Madrid19/06/2021
202275.77Spain Madrid18/06/20225
202373.85Hungary Leiria24/08/202314
202474.18Italy Rome10/06/20249

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNotes
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

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Fantini has won 18 national championships.[13][3][14]

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  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. 1 2 "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.
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