National Team: | Italy 55 caps (1980-1997)[1] |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Long jump Triple jump |
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Retired: | 1997 |
Coach: | Marcella Iacovelli |
Birth Date: | 1962 2, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
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Antonella Capriotti (born 4 February 1962 in Rome) is a retired Italian long jumper and triple jumper.
She has won the Italian Championships 18 times (12 outdoor and 8 indoor).
She started off her career as a long jumper and later, with excellent results, succeeded also in triple jump, that was ushering in various international competitions.She was also the first Italian athlete to cross the threshold of fourteen meters in triple jump. Her personal best of 6.72 meters in long jump (established in 1994) still remains the third best performance ever in Italy after Fiona May's 7.11m and Valentina Uccheddu's 6.80m.
She participated in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 and in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. She currently lives in Verona, Italy. She was invited from the RAI (the Italian state owned public service broadcaster and biggest Italian television company) to comment the World Athletics Championship 2011 in Daegu.
Capriotti has disputed three outdoor World Championships and two Olympics.[1] [4]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Mark | Notes | |
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1981 | Universiade | Bucharest | 3rd | 4×100 m relay | 44.43 | ||
World Cup | Rome | 6th | 4×100 m relay | 45.01 | |||
1982 | European Indoor Championships | Milan | 25th | 60 m | 7.55 | ||
1983 | Mediterranean Games | Casablanca | 3rd | Long jump | 5.94 m | [5] | |
1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis | 8th | Long jump | 6.31 m | [6] | |
European Indoor Championships | Liévin | 6th | Long jump | 6.45 m | [7] | ||
Universiade | Zagreb | 6th | Long jump | 6.43 m | |||
Mediterranean Games | Latakia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Long jump | 6.43 m | ||
World Championships | Rome | 17th | Long jump | 6.31 m | |||
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest | 4th | Long jump | 6.58 m | [8] | |
Olympic Games | Seoul | 19th | Long jump | 6.31 m | |||
1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest | 5th | Long jump | 6.45 m | [9] | |
European Indoor Championships | The Hague | 4th | Long jump | 6.56 m | [10] | ||
Universiade | Duisburg | 8th | Long jump | 6.21 m | |||
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa | 7th | Long jump | 6.37 m | [11] | |
9th | Triple jump | 13.36 m | [12] | ||||
Olympic Games | Barcelona | 18th | Long jump | 6.43 m | |||
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto | 10th | Long jump | 6.48 m | [13] | |
4th | Triple jump | 14.01 m | [14] | ||||
align=left rowspan=2 | World Championships | align=left rowspan=2 | Stuttgart | 22nd | Long jump | 6.23 m | |
6th | Triple jump | 14.18 m | |||||
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris | 13rd | Long jump | 6.23 m | ||
18th | Triple jump | 13.14 m | |||||
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm | 23rd | Triple jump | N.M. | ||
1997 | Mediterranean Games | Bari | 3rd | Triple jump | 13.80 m | ||
World Championships | Athens | 32nd | Long jump | 13.32 m |
Capriotti won 18 national championships at individual senior level.[15] [16]