Fabrizio Donato

Fabrizio Donato

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1976-08-14) 14 August 1976 Frosinone, Italy
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple jump
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Triple jump: 17.73 m (2011)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 1 0 0 World Indoor Championships 1 1 1 European Championships 1 0 0 European Indoor Championships 1 2 0 Mediterranean Games 1 0 0 European Cup 3 3 0 Total 8 6 2 Olympic Games 2012 London Triple jump European Championships 2012 Helsinki Triple jump European Indoor Championships 2009 Torino Triple jump 2011 Paris Triple jump 2017 Belgrade Triple jump European Cup 2003 Florence Triple jump 2006 Malaga Triple jump 2015 Cheboksary Triple jump 2000 Gateshead Triple jump 2002 Annecy Triple jump 2014 Braunschweig Triple jump Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Triple jump

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.^[1] 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.^[2] This was the second best jump in Europe that year.^[3] In the same year he also became Italian champion for the first time. His main competitor around that time was Camossi.^[4]

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.^[1] It was almost a championship record as well, but Marios Hadjiandreou's 17.13 metres from 1991 was slightly better.^[5] 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[1] 17.59 was also a new championship record for the European Indoor Championships.^[6] 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.^[1]

His personal best jump is still 17.60 metres, and 17.73 metres on the indoor track.^[1] He is the Italian record holder.^[7] 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.^[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he jumped 17.48 metres to win the bronze medal.^[8]

He's the husband of the former sprinter Patrizia Spuri.^[9]

International competitions

Donato after winning gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Italy
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	5th	15.81 m
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	11th	15.55 m (-2.0 m/s)
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	6th	16.57 m
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	25th (q)	16.34 m
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	6th	16.77 m
	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	1st	17.05 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	4th	16.90 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	17.15 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	13th (q)	16.63 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (q)	16.68 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	21st (q)	16.45 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	17th (q)	16.35 m
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	16th (q)	16.66 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	32nd (q)	16.20 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	4th	17.27 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	21st (q)	16.70 m
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	1st	17.59 m (iNR)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	41st (q)	15.81 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	16.88 m
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	9th	16.54 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	17.73 m (iNR)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	10th	16.77 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	4th	17.28 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	17.63 m (w)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	3rd	17.48 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	15th (q)	16.53 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	16.66 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17th (q)	16.54 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	17.13 m (M40 WR)
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	14th	15.96 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	20th (q)	16.15 m

Progression

Year	Age	Indoor	Outdoor	Venue	Date	World Rank
2018	42	16.94 m		Ancona	18 February	10
			16.62 m	Madrid	22 June
2017	41	17.13 m		Beograd	5 March	6
			17.32 m	Pierre-Bénite	9 June	4
2016	40	16.70 m		Ancona	5 March	19
			16.93 m	Rovereto	6 September	24
2015	39	16.74 m		Ancona	31 January	19
			16.91 m	Turin	26 July	31
2014	38	16.58 m		Ancona	1 February	22
			16.89 m	Rome	5 June	28
2013	37		16.86 m	Lausanne	4 July	24
2012	36	17.28 m		Istanbul	11 March	4
			17.53 m	Helsinki	29 June	4
2011	35	17.73 m		Paris	6 March	2
			17.17 m	Turin	26 June	17
2010	34	17.39 m		Ancona	28 February	3
			17.08 m	Turin	12 June	19
2009	33	17.59 m		Turin	7 March	1
			15.81 m	Berlin	16 August	289
2008	32	17.27 m		Valencia	9 March	5
			16.91 m	Florence	27 June	47
2007	31	16.93 m		Ancona	18 February	15
			16.97 m	Padua	28 July	33
2006	30	17.33 m		Ancona	5 February	6
			17.24 m	Turin	8 July	16
2005	29	16.57 m		Ancona	20 February	28
			16.65 m	Lignano	17 July	60
2004	28	16.69 m		Genoa	22 February	27
			16.90 m	Florence	11 July	41
2003	27	16.38 m		Genoa	2 March	43
			17.16 m	Florence	22 June	13
2002	26	17.03 m		Genoa	17 February	6
			17.17 m	Annecy	23 June	16
2001	25	16.94 m		Turin	24 February	10
			17.05 m	Tunis	11 September	19
2000	24	16.66 m		Ghent	26 February	31
			17.60 m	Milan	7 June	2
1999	23	16.66 m		Genoa	21 February	25
			16.21 m	Pescara	11 September	138
1998	22	16.34 m		Genoa	8 February	56
			16.73 m	Rome	24 May	50
1997	21	16.37 m		Genoa	23 February	54
			16.40 m	Pretoria	1 February	94
1996	20		16.35 m	Milan	12 June	131
1995	19		15.81 m	Nyíregyháza	30 June	123
1994	18		15.27 m
1993	17		14.36 m

National titles

He has won 23 times the individual national championship.^[10][11]

• 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

References

External links

• Fabrizio Donato at IAAF
• Athlete profile at FIDAL web site (in Italian)
• Fabrizio Donato at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com