Marco Fassinotti

Marco Fassinotti

Fassinotti training in camp in 2010
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1989-04-29) April 29, 1989
Turin, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) High jump
Club C.S. Aeronautica Militare
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • High jump (outdoor): 2.29 m (2011)
  • High jump (indoor): 2.34 m (2014)

Marco Fassinotti (born April 29, 1989 in Turin) is an Italian high jumper.

Biography

He has a record of 2.29 m, obtained in Paris March 5, 2011. He was a finalist (7th) at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in Bydgoszcz July 13, 2008. After entering the sports group of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare took part in the first European Championships absolute wearing the blue shirt at European Championships in Barcelona 2010, reaching 9th place with 2.23 m, the European indoor absolute Paris 2011 managed to reach 6 ° to obtain his personal best to 2.29 m. He trains at the Club Primo Nebiolo of Turin with the company SAFA.[1]

In the 2013 he has a good start, in London jumps the measure of 2.27 m, only two centimetres from his personal record.[2]

National records

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Italy
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 7th 2.13 m
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 4th 2.20 m
European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 6th 2.21 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 9th 2.23 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 6th 2.29 m
European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 5th 2.21 m
Universiade Shenzhen, China 12th 2.18 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 13th (q) 2.23 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 6th 2.29 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 7th 2.26 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 9th 2.25 m

National championships

He has won 2 times the individual national championship.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Marco Fassinotti" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Londra: Fassinotti decolla da 2.27 m" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "At 34 Beitia continues to impress". EAA. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014. Marco Fassinotti increased the Italian national high jump record to 2.34m as he won in Ancona.
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