Fabrizio Donato

Fabrizio Donato (born 14 August 1976) is an Italian former athlete who competed 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. 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. This was the second best jump in Europe that year. In the same year he also became Italian champion for the first time. His main competitor around that time was Camossi.

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. 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. 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. 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.

He's the husband of the former sprinter Patrizia Spuri.

Achievements

Progression

YearAgeIndoorOutdoorVenueDateWorld Rank201943 16.72 m Ancona 17 February 14 .201842 16.94 m Ancona 18 February 12 16.62 m Madrid 22 June 201741 17.13 m Beograd 5 March 6 17.32 m Pierre-Bénite 9 June 4201640 16.70 m Ancona 5 March 19 16.93 m Rovereto 6 September 24201539 16.74 m Ancona 31 January 19 16.91 m Turin 26 July 31201438 16.58 m Ancona 1 February 22 16.89 m Rome 5 June 28201337 16.86 m Lausanne 4 July 24201236 17.28 m Istanbul 11 March 4 17.53 m Helsinki 29 June 4201135 17.73 m Paris 6 March 2 17.17 m Turin 26 June 17201034 17.39 m Ancona 28 February 3 17.08 m Turin 12 June 19200933 17.59 m Turin 7 March 1 15.81 m Berlin 16 August 289200832 17.27 m Valencia 9 March 5 16.91 m Florence 27 June 47200731 16.93 m Ancona 18 February 15 16.97 m Padua 28 July 33200630 17.33 m Ancona 5 February 6 17.24 m Turin 8 July 16200529 16.57 m Ancona 20 February 28 16.65 m Lignano 17 July 60200428 16.69 m Genoa 22 February 27 16.90 m Florence 11 July 41200327 16.38 m Genoa 2 March 43 17.16 m Florence 22 June 13200226 17.03 m Genoa 17 February 6 17.17 m Annecy 23 June 16200125 16.94 m Turin 24 February 10 17.05 m Tunis 11 September 19200024 16.66 m Ghent 26 February 31 17.60 m Milan 7 June 2199923 16.66 m Genoa 21 February 25 16.21 m Pescara 11 September 138199822 16.34 m Genoa 8 February 56 16.73 m Rome 24 May 50199721 16.37 m Genoa 23 February 54 16.40 m Pretoria 1 February 94199620 16.35 m Milan 12 June 131199519 15.81 m Nyíregyháza 30 June 123199418 15.27 m 199317 14.36 m

National titles He has won 23 times the individual national championship.

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)