Fabrizio Donato

Fabrizio Donato (born 14 August 1976) is an Italian athlete competing 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.

Fabrizio Donato
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1976-08-14) 14 August 1976
Frosinone, Italy
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Triple jump: 17.73 m (2011)

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
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
YearAge Indoor Outdoor VenueDateWorld Rank
201943 16.72 m Ancona17 February14
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201842 16.94 m Ancona18 February12
16.62 m Madrid22 June
201741 17.13 m Beograd5 March6
17.32 m Pierre-Bénite9 June4
201640 16.70 m Ancona5 March19
16.93 m Rovereto6 September24
201539 16.74 m Ancona31 January19
16.91 m Turin26 July31
201438 16.58 m Ancona1 February22
16.89 m Rome5 June28
201337 16.86 m Lausanne4 July24
201236 17.28 m Istanbul11 March4
17.53 m Helsinki29 June4
201135 17.73 m Paris6 March2
17.17 m Turin26 June17
201034 17.39 m Ancona28 February3
17.08 m Turin12 June19
200933 17.59 m Turin7 March1
15.81 m Berlin16 August289
200832 17.27 m Valencia9 March5
16.91 m Florence27 June47
200731 16.93 m Ancona18 February15
16.97 m Padua28 July33
200630 17.33 m Ancona5 February6
17.24 m Turin8 July16
200529 16.57 m Ancona20 February28
16.65 m Lignano17 July60
200428 16.69 m Genoa22 February27
16.90 m Florence11 July41
200327 16.38 m Genoa2 March43
17.16 m Florence22 June13
200226 17.03 m Genoa17 February6
17.17 m Annecy23 June16
200125 16.94 m Turin24 February10
17.05 m Tunis11 September19
200024 16.66 m Ghent26 February31
17.60 m Milan7 June2
199923 16.66 m Genoa21 February25
16.21 m Pescara11 September138
199822 16.34 m Genoa8 February56
16.73 m Rome24 May50
199721 16.37 m Genoa23 February54
16.40 m Pretoria1 February94
199620 16.35 m Milan12 June131
199519 15.81 m Nyíregyháza30 June123
199418 15.27 m
199317 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

  1. Fabrizio Donato at World Athletics
  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 2016-12-04.
  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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