Simona La Mantia
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Simona La Mantia (left)
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Born | April 14, 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Triple jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simona La Mantia (born 14 April 1983 in Palermo) is an Italian triple jumper. Her best result at international senior level was a gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships.
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Biography
La Mantia's parents were both athletes: her mother Monica Mutschlechner was an 800 metres runner while her father Antonino La Mantia participated in the steeplechase.[1]
Her first successes came the European Athletics U23 Championships, where she won silver in the triple jump in 2003, and improved to win the gold medal in 2005.
She represented Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she achieved seventh place in the qualification round, failing to secure qualification to the final. The exact same thing happened at the 2005 World Championships. She struggled with injuries over the following years but regained form in May 2010, jumping over 14 metres for the first time in four years.[2] That year she also won a silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships followed by a win in the triple jump at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Since then she has competed at the 2013 World Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2013 European Indoor Championships.[3]
Her personal best jump is 14.69 metres, achieved in May 2005 in her hometown Palermo. In addition she has 6.48 m in the long jump. On 6 October 2012 she got married to Alessandro Tazzini.[4]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing Italy | |||||
2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston | 8th | 12.91 m (wind: -1.2 m/s) | |
2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz | 2nd | 14.31 m (wind: 2.0 m/s) | |
World Championships | Paris | 17th (q) | 14.05 m | ||
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest | 11th | 14.14 m | |
Olympic Games | Athens | 17th (q) | 14.39 m | ||
2005 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid | 8th | 14.43 m | |
European U23 Championships | Erfurt | 1st | 14.43 m (wind: -0.6 m/s) | ||
World Championships | Helsinki | 14th (q) | 14.00 m | ||
2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow | 16th (q) | 13.61 m | |
European Championships | Gothenburg | – | NM | ||
2007 | Universiade | Bangkok | 4th | 13.87 m | |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona | 2nd | 14.56 m | |
2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris | 1st | 14.60 m | |
World Championships | Daegu | 15th (q) | 14.06 m | ||
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki | 4th | 14.25 m | |
Olympic Games | London | 18th (q) | 13.92 m | ||
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg | 3rd | 14.26 m | |
2013 | Mediterranean Games | Mersin | 4th | 13.97 m |
National championships
Simona La Mantia has won the individual national championship 12 times.[5][6]
- 6 wins in the triple jump (2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- 6 wins in the triple jump indoor (2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
See also
References
- ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-06-27). 14.40m leap by La Mantia highlights Italian Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-27.
- ↑ La Mantia bounds back into the spotlight. European Athletics (2010-05-07). Retrieved on 2010-05-22.
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External links
- Simona La Mantia profile at IAAF
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Palermo
- Female triple jumpers
- Italian triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- Athletes of Fiamme Gialle
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Italian sportswomen
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Italy