Agnese Maffeis (born 9 March 1965, in

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

) is an Italian

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er and

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 ...

ter. She won six medals, at senior level, at the

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. She has 73 caps in

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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

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and

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and in discus in

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and 1993. She won a silver medal in shot put in 1991 and in discus in

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. Her personal best throw currently stands at 63.66 metres, achieved in June 1996 in

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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

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(Italian all-time record-woman). *5 wins in the

(1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) *14 wins in the

(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)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maffeis, Agnese 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

Biography

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