Antonella Capriotti

Antonella Capriotti
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born February 4, 1962
Rome, Italy
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long jump
Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Long jump: 6.72 m (1994)
  • Triple jump: 14.18 m (1993)

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 an athlete with long jump and at the end she took the risk and, 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

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Note
1983 Mediterranean Games Casablanca, Morocco 3rd Long jump[1]
1987 World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 8th Long jump[2]
European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 6th Long jump[3]
Mediterranean Games Latakia, Syria 1st Long jump[1]
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th Long jump[4]
1989 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th Long jump[5]
European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 4th Long jump[6]
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 7th Long jump[7]
9th Triple jump[8]
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 10th Long jump[9]
4th Triple jump[10]
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 6th14.18 PB Triple jump [11]
1997 Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 3rd Triple jump[1]

National championships

Antonella Capriotti has won 18 times the individual national championship.[12][13]

See also

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