Fabrizio Donato

Fabrizio Donato at the European Indoor Championships 2009 in Turin

Fabrizio Donato ( born August 14, 1976 in Latina ) is an Italian athlete who specializes in the triple jump.

Career

At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, he left in qualifying. The following year he finished sixth at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon and won gold at the Mediterranean Games. , He came fourth at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna and at the European Championships in Munich in 2002.

At the World Athletics Championships 2003, he came as little about the preliminaries out as at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, the European Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.

In 2008, he finished fourth at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, but managed at the Olympic Games in Beijing, not again in the second round. He celebrated his first major international success by winning the European Indoor Championships 2009 in Turin. At the World Championships in Berlin, however, he failed again in qualifying. In 2010 he finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Doha and finished ninth at the European Championships in Barcelona.

In 2011 he won the silver medal at the European Indoor Championships 2011 in Paris. In 2012, he won for the first time precious metal in the open air, as he champions with a width of 17.63 m was at the European Championships in Helsinki, the width was not the best list because of too strong tailwind capable. In London, he jumped at the Olympic Games 2012 bronze medal.

So far, he has been five times outdoors and ten times in the hall Italian Champion in the triple jump. 1999 also brought the in the hall the national title in the long jump.

Fabrizio Donato is 1,90 m tall and weighs 83 kg. He is coached by Roberto Pericoli and starts for Fiamme Gialle. His wife is the sprinter Patrizia Spuri.

Personal best

  • Hall: 17,73 m, March 6, 2011, Paris ( national record )
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