Antonella Capriotti
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National team | Italy: 55 caps (1980-1997)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rome, Italy | February 4, 1962||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long jump Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Retired | 1997[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Antonella Capriotti (born 4 February 1962 in Rome) is a retired Italian long jumper and triple jumper.
She has won the Italian Championships 18 times (12 outdoor and 8 indoor).
Biography
She started off her career as a long jumper and later, with excellent results, succeeded also in triple jump, that was ushering in various international competitions. She was also the first Italian athlete to cross the threshold of fourteen meters in triple jump. Her personal best of 6.72 meters in long jump (established in 1994) still remains the third best performance ever in Italy after Fiona May's 7.11m and Valentina Uccheddu's 6.80m.
She participated in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 and in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. She currently lives in Verona, Italy. She was invited from the RAI (the Italian state owned public service broadcaster and biggest Italian television company) to comment the World Athletics Championship 2011 in Daegu.
Achievements
Capriotti has disputed three outdoor World Championships and two Olympics.[1][2]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Mark | Notes |
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1981 | Universiade | Bucharest | 3rd | 4×100 m relay | 44.43 | |
1983 | Mediterranean Games | Casablanca | 3rd | Long jump | 5.94 m | [3] |
1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis | 8th | Long jump | 6.31 m | [4] |
European Indoor Championships | Liévin | 6th | Long jump | 6.45 m | [5] | |
Mediterranean Games | Latakia | 1st | Long jump | [3] | ||
World Championships | Rome | 17th NQ | Long jump | 6.31 m | ||
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest | 4th | Long jump | [6] | |
Olympics Games | Seoul | 19th NQ | Long jump | 6.31 m | ||
1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest | 5th | Long jump | [7] | |
European Indoor Championships | The Hague | 4th | Long jump | [8] | ||
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa | 7th | Long jump | [9] | |
9th | Triple jump | [10] | ||||
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto | 10th | Long jump | [11] | |
4th | Triple jump | [12] | ||||
World Championships | Stuttgart | 22nd NQ | Long jump | 6.23 m | ||
6th | Triple jump | 14.18 m | PB | |||
1997 | Mediterranean Games | Bari | 3rd | Triple jump | [3] | |
World Championships | Athens | 32nd NQ | Long jump | 13.32 m |
National titles
Capriotti won 18 national championships at individual senior level.[13][14]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- Long jump: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 (8)
- Triple jump: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 (4)
- Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
- Long jump: 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996 (5)
- 60 m: 1982 (1)
See also
- Italian record progression women's long jump
- Italian all-time lists - Long jump
- Italian all-time lists - Triple jump
- Italy national athletics team
- List of Italian records in masters athletics
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "1993 World Championships, women's results". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Mediterranean Games - GBR Athletics
- ^ 1987 World Indoor Championships, women's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1987 European Indoor Championships, women's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1988 European Indoor Championships, women's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1989 World Indoor Championships, women's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1989 European Indoor Championships, women's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1992 European Indoor Championships, women's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1992 European Indoor Championships, women's triple jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1993 World Indoor Championships, women's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1993 World Indoor Championships, women's triple jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
External links
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Italian female triple jumpers
- Italian female long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- Athletes from Rome
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Universiade bronze medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade