Agnese Maffeis (born 9 March 1965, in Bergamo) is an Italian discus thrower and shot putter. She won six medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1]
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bergamo, Italy | 9 March 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus throw Shot put | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Snam Gas Metano | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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She has 73 caps in national team from 1981 to 2003, second Italian athlete of all-time behind Marisa Masullo that have 79 caps.[2]
Biography
editShe finished twelfth at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 1997 World Championships. She also competed in the 1996 Olympics, but failed to qualify from her pool. At the Mediterranean Games she won gold medals in shot put in 1987 and 1993 and in discus in 1991 and 1993. She won a silver medal in shot put in 1991 and in discus in 2001.
Her personal best throw currently stands at 63.66 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Milan. She is married to Alessandro Andrei.
Achievements
editYear | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 10th | Discus | 61.22 m |
National titles
editAgnese Maffeis has won 38 times the individual national championship (Italian all-time record-woman).[3][4]
- 5 wins in the shot put (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
- 14 wins in the discus throw (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- 9 wins in the shot put indoor (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
- 10 wins in the discus throw at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships (1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
External links
edit- Agnese Maffeis at World Athletics
- Agnese Maffeis at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Agnese Maffeis at Olympedia