Fabrizio Donato
Introduction '''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.
Biography He was born in Frosinone. He participated at the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final. 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. This was the second best jump in Europe that year. In the same year he also became Italian champion for the first time. His main competitor around that time was Camossi.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. It was almost a championship record as well, but Marios Hadjiandreou's 17.13 metres from 1991 was slightly better. 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.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.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. 17.59 was also a new championship record for the European Indoor Championships. 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.His personal best jump is still 17.60 metres, and 17.73 metres on the indoor track. He is the Italian record holder. 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.At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he jumped 17.48 metres to win the bronze medal.He's the husband of the former sprinter Patrizia Spuri.
Achievements Donato after winning gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsRepresenting 1995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary5th15.81 m1997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland11th15.55 m (-2.0 m/s)2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium6th16.57 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia25th (q)16.34 m2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal6th16.77 mMediterranean GamesRadès, Tunisia1st17.05 m2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria4th16.90 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany4th17.15 m2003World ChampionshipsParis, France13th (q)16.63 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary11th (q)16.68 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece21st (q)16.45 m2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia17th (q)16.35 mEuropean ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden16th (q)16.66 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan32nd (q)16.20 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain4th17.27 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China21st (q)16.70 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy1st17.59 m (iNR)World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany41st (q)15.81 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5th16.88 mEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain9th16.54 m2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France2nd17.73 m (iNR)World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea10th16.77 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey4th17.28 mEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland1st17.63 m (w)Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom3rd17.48 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia15th (q)16.53 m2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland7th16.66 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil17th (q)16.54 m2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2nd17.13 m (M40 WR)2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom14th15.96 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany20th (q)16.15 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom18th (q)15.93 m
Progression  YearAgeIndoorOutdoorVenueDateWorld Rank201943  16.72 m  Ancona  17 February  14 .201842  16.94 m  Ancona  18 February  12 16.62 m  Madrid  22 June  201741  17.13 m  Beograd  5 March 6 17.32 m  Pierre-Bénite  9 June 4201640  16.70 m  Ancona  5 March  19 16.93 m  Rovereto  6 September  24201539  16.74 m  Ancona  31 January  19 16.91 m  Turin  26 July  31201438  16.58 m  Ancona  1 February  22 16.89 m  Rome  5 June  28201337  16.86 m  Lausanne  4 July  24201236  17.28 m  Istanbul  11 March 4 17.53 m  Helsinki  29 June 4201135 '''17.73 m'''  Paris  6 March 2 17.17 m  Turin  26 June  17201034  17.39 m  Ancona  28 February  3 17.08 m  Turin  12 June  19200933  17.59 m  Turin  7 March  1 15.81 m  Berlin  16 August  289200832 17.27 m  Valencia  9 March  5 16.91 m  Florence  27 June  47200731  16.93 m  Ancona  18 February  15 16.97 m  Padua  28 July 33200630  17.33 m  Ancona  5 February  6 17.24 m  Turin  8 July  16200529  16.57 m  Ancona  20 February  28 16.65 m  Lignano  17 July  60200428  16.69 m  Genoa  22 February  27 16.90 m  Florence  11 July  41200327  16.38 m  Genoa  2 March  43 17.16 m  Florence  22 June  13200226  17.03 m  Genoa  17 February 6 17.17 m  Annecy  23 June  16200125  16.94 m  Turin  24 February 10 17.05 m  Tunis  11 September  19200024  16.66 m  Ghent  26 February  31 '''17.60 m'''  Milan  7 June 2199923  16.66 m  Genoa  21 February  25 16.21 m  Pescara  11 September  138199822  16.34 m  Genoa  8 February  56 16.73 m  Rome  24 May  50199721  16.37 m  Genoa  23 February  54 16.40 m  Pretoria  1 February  94199620  16.35 m  Milan  12 June  131199519  15.81 m  Nyíregyháza  30 June  123199418  15.27 m    199317  14.36 m
National titles He has won '''23''' times the individual national championship. *'''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 * Italian records in athletics* Italian all-time lists - Triple jump* Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners* World records in masters athletics - Triple jump* Masters M40 triple jump world record progression
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