Noemi Batki (born 12 October 1987) is a Hungarian-born Italian former diver. She was a member of the Italian National Diving Team at four

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and was a member of the sports section of the Italian Army,

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, and Triestina Nuoto.

Career

Batki was born in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

, Hungary. Her mother

Ibolya Nagy Ibolya Nagy (9 February 1864, Szentes, Kingdom of Hungary – 22 August 1946, Budapest) was a Hungarian actress. From 1884 to 1923, she was an actress at the National Theatre in Budapest. Life A graduate from the Academy of Drama and Film in ...

was a Hungarian platform diver who took part in the 1992

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. At the age of 3 Batki moved to

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, Italy. In 2004, Batki won her first medals at the Junior European Championships in

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, Germany. She won silver medal in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition with teammate Francesca Dallapè, and bronze medal in the platform event. In Spring 2005, Batki moved to

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. In July 2005, she took part in the FINA World Championships in

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, Quebec, Canada, where she placed fifth in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition. In the same year in Electrostal, Russia, she won a silver medal in the 3 metre springboard competition. In 2006, she placed 6th in the synchronised 3 metre springboard at the European Championships in

. Later that year she won a silver medal at the Arena Diving Champions Cup in

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. In 2007, she won a bronze medal at the Arena Diving Champions Cup in the synchronised 3 metre springboard, and won the gold medal in the same event at the Italian Indoor Championships. She also took part in the FINA World Championships in

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, Australia. In August 2007 Batki won the gold medal in the 1 metre springboard competition at the XXIV Universiade in

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, sharing the same score as Ukrainian diver Maria Voloschenko. In February 2008, Batki qualified for the

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by placing 5th in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition with Francesca Dallapè, at the FINA World Cup in Beijing. At the

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, Batki and Dallapé placed 6th. In August 2010, she won the silver medal in the 10 metres platform at the European Championships in

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with a score of 343.80, just 11 points behind the gold medallist

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, from Germany. In March 2011_, Batki won her first gold medal in a European Championship, at the 2nd Arena European Diving Championships in

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, with a new personal record. With this result, she qualified for the

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, where she placed 8th in the 10 m platform final. She also competed in the

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in Rio where she placed 26th in the 10 metre platform event. Batki considered retiring after the 2016 Olympics, but her performance had been hampered by a thumb injury and she decided to continue diving, with a new coach Domenico Rinaldi. Her competitive diving career continued until the

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. From 2017 to 2021 Batki continued to compete and win medals. She won gold medals at FINA Grand Prix events in Italy in July 2017, July 2018 and June 2019. In August 2021, and at the age of 33, Batki placed 27th in the 10 metre platform event at the Tokyo Olympics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Batki, Noemi Italian female divers 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Budapest Olympic divers for Italy Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Hungarian emigrants to Italy Divers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Italian people of Hungarian descent Universiade medalists in diving European Championships (multi-sport event) silver medalists FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics