National Team: | Italy 7 caps (2017-2021)[1] |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Hammer throw |
Birth Date: | 1997 9, df=y |
Birth Place: | Fidenza |
Coach: | Marinella Vaccari[2] |
Height: | 1.70 m |
Weight: | 72 kg |
Sara Fantini (born 16 September 1997) is an Italian hammer thrower european champion at Roma 2024.
Fantini has won 14 national championships at senior level, and ranked in the top 60, at 51st place, on the IAAF world leading list at the end of the 2017 outdoor season.[3] She is the daughter of the former shot putter Corrado Fantini.[4]
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.[5]
Fantini competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in hammer throw. She threw 71.68, placing 12th at the event.[6]
Fantini competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the hammer throw. She threw 69.58 meters, placing 12th at the event.[7]
Her personal best is 75.77 m established in 2022.[10]
Updated to 15 June 2024.
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 |
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Measure | Notes | ||
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2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz | 7th | Hammer throw | 59.56 m | |||
2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz | 11th | Hammer throw | 63.38 m | |||
Universiade | Taipei | 12th | Hammer throw | 60.82 m | ||||
2019 | European U23 Championships | Gävle | 3rd | Hammer throw | 68.35 m | |||
World Championships | Doha | 26th | Hammer throw | 66.58 m | ||||
2021 | European Throwing Cup | Split | 5th | Hammer throw | 70.21 m | [11] | ||
2022 | European Championships | Munich | 3rd | Hammer throw | 71.58 m | |||
2024 | European Championships | Rome | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Hammer throw | 74.18 m |
Fantini has won 15 national championships.[12] [13] [14]
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (8)