Antonella Capriotti (born 4 February 1962 in

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er and

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er. She has won the Italian Championships 18 times (12 outdoor and 8 indoor).

Biography

She started off her career as a long jumper and later, with excellent results, succeeded also in triple jump, that was ushering in various international competitions. She was also the first Italian athlete to cross the threshold of fourteen meters in triple jump. Her personal best of 6.72 meters in long jump (established in 1994) still remains the third best performance ever in Italy after

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's 7.11m and Valentina Uccheddu's 6.80m. She participated in the

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in 1988 and in the

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in 1992. She currently lives in

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. She was invited from the

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(the Italian state owned public service broadcaster and biggest Italian television company) to comment the World Athletics Championship 2011 in

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Statistics

World records

;Masters * Triple jump W35: 14.00 m (

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, 2 June 1997) - record holder until 2 August 1987.

National records

;Senior *

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: 6.72 m (

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, 24 February 1988) - holder until 15 July 1994. * Triple jump: 14.18 m (

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, 21 August 1993) - holder until 5 June 1998. ;Masters * Triple jump W35: 14.00 m (

, 2 June 1997) - current holder.

Achievements

Capriotti has disputed three outdoor World Championships and two

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National titles

Capriotti won 18 national championships at individual

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**Long jump: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 (8) **Triple jump: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 (4) *

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**Long jump: 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996 (5) **60 m: 1982 (1)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Capriotti, Antonella 1962 births Living people Italian female triple jumpers Italian female long jumpers Italian masters athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes from Rome World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Italian female sprinters Italian Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games 20th-century Italian sportswomen