Sara Fantini (born 16 September 1997) is an Italian female hammer thrower. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Hammer throw.

Career

She has won eight 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. She is the daughter of the former shot putter Corrado Fantini.

Sara Fantini

In 2019 her 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.

Sara Fantini

National records

Hammer throw: 75.77 m, ( Madrid, 18 June 2022) - Current holder

Hammer throw under-23: 70.30 m ( Livorno, 29 June 2019)

Sara Fantini

Progression

Her personal best is 75.77 m established in 2022.

Achievements

National titles

Fantini has won nine national championships.

Italian Athletics Championships

Hammer throw: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (5) Italian Winter Throwing Championships Hammer throw: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 (4)

See also

Italian all-time lists - Hammer throw

Notes

References

External links

1997 births

Living people

Italian female hammer throwers

People from Fidenza

Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri

Italian Athletics Championships winners

World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy

Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Olympic athletes for Italy

Sportspeople from the Province of Parma

European Athletics Championships medalists

21st-century Italian women

Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games

European Games gold medalists for Italy

European Games medalists in athletics