Silvia Salis Explained

Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Hammer throw
Club:	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Birth Date:	1985 9, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Genoa, Italy
Weight:	73kg (161lb)
Pb:	Hammer throw: 71.93 (2011)
Country:	Italy

Silvia Salis (born 17 September 1985 in Genoa) is an Italian hammer thrower.

Biography

Her personal best throw is 71.93 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Savona.^[1] She is engaged to the writer and director Fausto Brizzi.^[2]

Achievements

Representing
2003	European Junior Championships	Tampere, Finland	10th	56.14 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	12th	53.76 m
2005	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	13th (q)	59.59 m
2006		Gothenburg, Sweden	28th (q)	61.69 m
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	4th	64.92 m
		Bangkok, Thailand	9th	62.18 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	42nd (q)	62.28 m
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	70.39 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (q)	68.55 m
		Belgrade, Serbia	5th	68.74 m
2010		Arles, France	2nd	69.43 m
		Barcelona, Spain	7th	68.85 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	9th	69.88 m
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	3rd	62.52 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	24th (q)	66.80 m

National titles

She has won the individual national championship eight times.^[3]

• 3 wins in the discus throw (2010, 2011, 2012)
• 5 wins in the discus throw at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Hammer throw

Notes and References

1. Web site: Silvia Salis . iaaf.org . 22 July 2012.
2. Web site: Silvia Salis martella i pregiudizi: "Con Fausto Brizzi sono felice" . gazzetta.it . it . 25 February 2019.
3. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 20 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf . 24 December 2012.