Agnese Maffeis (born 9 March 1965, in
Bergamo
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) is an Italian
discus throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...
er and
shot put
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ter. She won six medals, at senior level, at the
International athletics competitions
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* Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme
* World cha ...
.
She has 73 caps in
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
from 1981 to 2003, second Italian athlete of all-time behind
Marisa Masullo that have 79 caps.
Biography
She finished twelfth at the
1989 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the
1997 World Championships. She also competed in the
1996 Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, but failed to qualify from her pool. At the Mediterranean Games she won gold medals in
shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
in
1987
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and
1993
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and in discus in
1991
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and 1993. She won a silver medal in shot put in 1991 and in discus in
2001
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.
Her personal best throw currently stands at 63.66 metres, achieved in June 1996 in
Milan
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. She is married to
Alessandro Andrei
Alessandro Andrei (born 3 January 1959) is an Italian former shot putter. He was born in Florence.
Biography
Andrei threw with his right hand, using the glide technique (at time many elite-level shot putters had switched to the spin/rotation st ...
.
Achievements
National titles
Agnese Maffeis has won 38 times the individual
national championship
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(Italian all-time record-woman).
*5 wins in the
shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...
(1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
*14 wins in the
discus throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...
(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
*
Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners
*
Italy national athletics team - Women's more caps
*
Italian all-time lists - Shot put
*
Italian all-time lists - Discus throw
References
External links
*
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1965 births
Living people
Italian female discus throwers
Italian female shot putters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Italy
Sportspeople from Bergamo
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Italian Athletics Championships winners