Fabrizio Donato

Fabrizio Donato
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1976-08-14) 14 August 1976 (age 48)
Frosinone, Italy
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Triple jump: 17.73 m (2011)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
European Championships 1 0 0
European Indoor Championships 1 2 0
European Cup 3 3 0
European Indoor Cup 0 0 1
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
Total 6 5 2
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Triple jump
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Helsinki Triple jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Torino Triple jump
Silver medal – second place 2011 Paris Triple jump
Silver medal – second place 2017 Belgrade Triple jump
European Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Florence Triple jump
Gold medal – first place 2006 Malaga Triple jump
Gold medal – first place 2015 Cheboksary Triple jump
Silver medal – second place 2000 Gateshead Triple jump
Silver medal – second place 2002 Annecy Triple jump
Silver medal – second place 2014 Braunschweig Triple jump
European Indoor Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Leipzig Triple jump
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Triple jump

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

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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

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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

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  Personal Best
  Top 10 World Rank
Year Age Indoor Outdoor Venue Date World Rank
2019 43 16.72 m Italy Ancona 17 February 14
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2018 42 16.94 m Italy Ancona 18 February 12
16.62 m Spain Madrid 22 June
2017 41 17.13 m Serbia Beograd 5 March 6
17.32 m France Pierre-Bénite 9 June 4
2016 40 16.70 m Italy Ancona 5 March 19
16.93 m Italy Rovereto 6 September 24
2015 39 16.74 m Italy Ancona 31 January 19
16.91 m Italy Turin 26 July 31
2014 38 16.58 m Italy Ancona 1 February 22
16.89 m Italy Rome 5 June 28
2013 37 16.86 m Switzerland Lausanne 4 July 24
2012 36 17.28 m Turkey Istanbul 11 March 4
17.53 m Finland Helsinki 29 June 4
2011 35 17.73 m France Paris 6 March 2
17.17 m Italy Turin 26 June 17
2010 34 17.39 m Italy Ancona 28 February 3
17.08 m Italy Turin 12 June 19
2009 33 17.59 m Italy Turin 7 March 1
15.81 m Germany Berlin 16 August 289
2008 32 17.27 m Spain Valencia 9 March 5
16.91 m Italy Florence 27 June 47
2007 31 16.93 m Italy Ancona 18 February 15
16.97 m Italy Padua 28 July 33
2006 30 17.33 m Italy Ancona 5 February 6
17.24 m Italy Turin 8 July 16
2005 29 16.57 m Italy Ancona 20 February 28
16.65 m Italy Lignano 17 July 60
2004 28 16.69 m Italy Genoa 22 February 27
16.90 m Italy Florence 11 July 41
2003 27 16.38 m Italy Genoa 2 March 43
17.16 m Italy Florence 22 June 13
2002 26 17.03 m Italy Genoa 17 February 6
17.17 m France Annecy 23 June 16
2001 25 16.94 m Italy Turin 24 February 10
17.05 m Tunisia Tunis 11 September 19
2000 24 16.66 m Belgium Ghent 26 February 31
17.60 m Italy Milan 7 June 2
1999 23 16.66 m Italy Genoa 21 February 25
16.21 m Italy Pescara 11 September 138
1998 22 16.34 m Italy Genoa 8 February 56
16.73 m Italy Rome 24 May 50
1997 21 16.37 m Italy Genoa 23 February 54
16.40 m South Africa Pretoria 1 February 94
1996 20 16.35 m Italy Milan 12 June 131
1995 19 15.81 m Hungary Nyíregyháza 30 June 123
1994 18 15.27 m
1993 17 14.36 m

National titles

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Fabrizio Donato at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Gebreselassie eases back into competition. IAAF (2000-06-07). Retrieved on 2010-09-10.
  3. ^ "European Top Performers 1980-2005: Men (Outdoor)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Italian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  6. ^ Turner, Chris (7 March 2009). "MEN's Summary - European Indoor Champs, Day TWO - PM Session". IAAF. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  7. ^ "National Records. Top 30 countries by event". The Athletics Site. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  8. ^ "London 2012 - Men's Triple Jump". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  12. ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
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