Italian triple and long jumper
Fabrizio Donato (born 14 August 1976) is an Italian former athlete who competed in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump . He is known for winning gold medals at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and the 2009 European Indoor Championships , the latter in a new championship record of 17.59 metres. He is the Italian record holder with 17.60 metres outdoor and 17.73 indoor.
Biography
He was born in Frosinone. He participated at the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final.[ 1] He cleared the 17-metre mark for the first time in June 2000 at the Notturna di Milano meeting – his mark of 17.60 m was a significant personal best and also improved Paolo Camossi 's Italian record by 31 centimetres.[ 2] This was the second best jump in Europe that year.[ 3] In the same year he also became Italian champion for the first time. His main competitor around that time was Camossi.[ 4]
In 2001 he finished sixth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and won the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games . The winning result of 17.05 metres was his season's best.[ 1] It was almost a championship record as well, but Marios Hadjiandreou 's 17.13 metres from 1991 was slightly better.[ 5] In 2002 he reached 17 metres for the first time indoor, with 17.03 metres in Genoa in February. He finished fourth at both the 2002 European Indoor Championships and the 2002 European Championships in the summer. In the latter competition he jumped 17.15 metres, and his season's best was 17.17.[ 1]
Then, some less successful years followed. He competed without reaching the final at the 2003 World Championships , the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games . He failed to reach the 17-metre mark at all in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he experienced an improvement with 17.33 metres indoor (Ancona , February) and 17.24 metres outdoor (Turin , July), but failed to reach the final at both the 2006 World Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships . He did however win the European Cup Super League meeting in June, reaching 16.99 metres. In 2007 he again failed to reach 17 metres, and again failed to reach the final of a major competition, this time at the 2007 World Championships .[ 1]
2008 and 2009 would be marked by fruitful indoor seasons and fruitless outdoor seasons. He finished fourth in the final at the 2008 World Indoor Championships with a mark of 17.27 metres, but after with Fabio Martella he won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with a mark of 17.59 metres. These two marks were the season's best of the respective years.[ 1] 17.59 was also a new championship record for the European Indoor Championships .[ 6] In comparison, he only managed 16.91 outdoors in 2008 and only 15.81 outdoors in 2009. He had unsuccessful participations at the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Championships .[ 1]
His personal best jump is still 17.60 metres, and 17.73 metres on the indoor track.[ 1] He is the Italian record holder.[ 7] In the long jump he has 8.00 metres outdoors, achieved in September 2006 in Busto Arsizio with the maximum possible wind assistance , and 8.03 metres indoors, achieved in February 2011 in Ancona.[ 1]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he jumped 17.48 metres to win the bronze medal.[ 8] [ 9]
He's the husband of the former sprinter Patrizia Spuri .[ 10]
Achievements
Donato after winning gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
Representing Italy
1995
European Junior Championships
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
5th
15.81 m
1997
European U23 Championships
Turku, Finland
11th
15.55 m (-2.0 m/s)
2000
European Indoor Championships
Ghent, Belgium
6th
16.57 m
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
25th (q)
16.34 m
2001
World Indoor Championships
Lisbon, Portugal
6th
16.77 m
Mediterranean Games
Radès, Tunisia
1st
17.05 m
2002
European Indoor Championships
Vienna, Austria
4th
16.90 m
European Championships
Munich, Germany
4th
17.15 m
2003
World Championships
Paris, France
13th (q)
16.63 m
2004
World Indoor Championships
Budapest, Hungary
11th (q)
16.68 m
Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
21st (q)
16.45 m
2006
World Indoor Championships
Moscow, Russia
17th (q)
16.35 m
European Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
16th (q)
16.66 m
2007
World Championships
Osaka, Japan
32nd (q)
16.20 m
2008
World Indoor Championships
Valencia, Spain
4th
17.27 m
Olympic Games
Beijing, China
21st (q)
16.70 m
2009
European Indoor Championships
Turin, Italy
1st
17.59 m (iNR)
World Championships
Berlin, Germany
41st (q)
15.81 m
2010
World Indoor Championships
Doha, Qatar
5th
16.88 m
European Championships
Barcelona, Spain
9th
16.54 m
2011
European Indoor Championships
Paris, France
2nd
17.73 m (iNR)
World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
10th
16.77 m
2012
World Indoor Championships
Istanbul, Turkey
4th
17.28 m
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
1st
17.63 m (w)
Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
3rd
17.48 m
2013
World Championships
Moscow, Russia
15th (q)
16.53 m
2014
European Championships
Zürich, Switzerland
7th
16.66 m
2016
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
17th (q)
16.54 m
2017
European Indoor Championships
Belgrade, Serbia
2nd
17.13 m (M40 WR)
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
14th
15.96 m
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
20th (q)
16.15 m
2019
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
18th (q)
15.93 m
Progression
Personal Best
Top 10 World Rank
Year
Age
Indoor
Outdoor
Venue
Date
World Rank
2019
43
16.72 m
Ancona
17 February
14
.
2018
42
16.94 m
Ancona
18 February
12
16.62 m
Madrid
22 June
2017
41
17.13 m
Beograd
5 March
6
17.32 m
Pierre-Bénite
9 June
4
2016
40
16.70 m
Ancona
5 March
19
16.93 m
Rovereto
6 September
24
2015
39
16.74 m
Ancona
31 January
19
16.91 m
Turin
26 July
31
2014
38
16.58 m
Ancona
1 February
22
16.89 m
Rome
5 June
28
2013
37
16.86 m
Lausanne
4 July
24
2012
36
17.28 m
Istanbul
11 March
4
17.53 m
Helsinki
29 June
4
2011
35
17.73 m
Paris
6 March
2
17.17 m
Turin
26 June
17
2010
34
17.39 m
Ancona
28 February
3
17.08 m
Turin
12 June
19
2009
33
17.59 m
Turin
7 March
1
15.81 m
Berlin
16 August
289
2008
32
17.27 m
Valencia
9 March
5
16.91 m
Florence
27 June
47
2007
31
16.93 m
Ancona
18 February
15
16.97 m
Padua
28 July
33
2006
30
17.33 m
Ancona
5 February
6
17.24 m
Turin
8 July
16
2005
29
16.57 m
Ancona
20 February
28
16.65 m
Lignano
17 July
60
2004
28
16.69 m
Genoa
22 February
27
16.90 m
Florence
11 July
41
2003
27
16.38 m
Genoa
2 March
43
17.16 m
Florence
22 June
13
2002
26
17.03 m
Genoa
17 February
6
17.17 m
Annecy
23 June
16
2001
25
16.94 m
Turin
24 February
10
17.05 m
Tunis
11 September
19
2000
24
16.66 m
Ghent
26 February
31
17.60 m
Milan
7 June
2
1999
23
16.66 m
Genoa
21 February
25
16.21 m
Pescara
11 September
138
1998
22
16.34 m
Genoa
8 February
56
16.73 m
Rome
24 May
50
1997
21
16.37 m
Genoa
23 February
54
16.40 m
Pretoria
1 February
94
1996
20
16.35 m
Milan
12 June
131
1995
19
15.81 m
Nyíregyháza
30 June
123
1994
18
15.27 m
1993
17
14.36 m
National titles
He has won 23 times the individual national championship .[ 11] [ 12]
8 wins in the triple jump (2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015)
3 wins in the long jump indoor (1999, 2011, 2012)
12 wins in the triple jump indoor (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018)
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g h Fabrizio Donato at World Athletics
^ Gebreselassie eases back into competition . IAAF (2000-06-07). Retrieved on 2010-09-10.
^ "European Top Performers 1980-2005: Men (Outdoor)" . GBR Athletics . Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 February 2010 .
^ "Italian Championships" . GBR Athletics . Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 February 2010 .
^ "Mediterranean Games" . GBR Athletics . Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 February 2010 .
^ Turner, Chris (7 March 2009). "MEN's Summary - European Indoor Champs, Day TWO - PM Session" . IAAF . Retrieved 4 February 2010 .
^ "National Records. Top 30 countries by event" . The Athletics Site. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010 .
^ "London 2012 - Men's Triple Jump" . www.olympic.org . IOC. Retrieved 16 September 2014 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Fabrizio Donato" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Patrizia Spuri" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2012 .
^ " "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF) . sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2014 .
^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS" . gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 20 March 2014 .
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