Sara Fantini Explained

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.

Career

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]

National records

• Hammer throw: 75.77 m, ( Madrid, 18 June 2022) - Current holder^[8]
• Hammer throw under-23: 70.30 m ( Livorno, 29 June 2019)^[9]

Progression

Her personal best is 75.77 m established in 2022.^[10]

Updated to 15 June 2024.

Year	Time	Venue	Date	World Rank
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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Measure	Notes
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

National titles

Fantini has won 15 national championships.^{[12] [13] [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

• Italian all-time lists - Hammer throw

Notes and References

1. Web site: Italy Team Guide. fidal.it. it. 28 May 2021. 30 May 2021.
2. Web site: Madrid: Tortu 10.27, Fantini 72,31 nel martello. fidal.it. italian. 19 June 2021. 19 June 2021.
3. Web site: SENIOR OUTDOOR 2017 - HAMMER THROW WOMEN. iaaf.org. 18 September 2017.
4. Web site: Atleta del mese - Sara Fantini. gazzettadiparma.it. Sara Fantini, figlia d’arte (il papà Corrado è arrivato in finale nel lancio del peso ai giochi olimpici di Atlanta 1996. it. 18 September 2017.
5. Web site: Doha, ecco gli azzurri per i Mondiali. fidal.it. italian. 12 September 2019. 13 September 2019.
6. Web site: Athletics FANTINI Sara. dead. 2021-09-20. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 20 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210920220941/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1299094-fantini-sara.htm.
7. Web site: 2024-08-05 . Sara Fantini: Italy's Shot at Olympic Gold in Hammer Throw . 2024-08-07 . www.ilmessaggero.it.
8. Web site: Fantini ancora record 75,77 a Madrid! Ali 10.15. fidal.it. it. 18 June 2022. 19 June 2022.
9. Web site: ATLETICA: UNDER 23 – SARA FANTINI, PRIMA VOLTA OLTRE I 70 METRI. E’ RECORD MARTELLO 70,30!. sportsmall.it. 30 June 2019. 24 September 2019.
10. Web site: Sara Fantini - Hammer throw progression. worldathletics.org. 2 November 2022.
11. Web site: Fantini 70,21, azzurri quarti in Coppa Europa. fidal.it. it. 9 May 2021. 11 May 2021.
12. Web site: Lanci tricolori a Molfetta: Fantini 69,71. fidal.it. it. 27 February 2021. 28 February 2021.
13. Web site: TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020. sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. 27 May 2021.
14. Web site: Dal Molin record italiano 13.27, Jacobs 10.01!. fidal.it. it. 26 June 2021. 27 June 2021.