Ester Balassini (born 20 October 1977) is an Italian

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consist ...

er. Her personal best throw is 73.59 metres, achieved in June 2005 in

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. She is the wife of the former

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by t ...

Cristiano Andrei Cristiano Andrei (born 14 May 1973) is a former Italian discus thrower. His personal bests, 64.49 m set in 2003, at the end of the 2020 outdoor season is still the 8th best all-time performance of the Italian lists and in that year it was also ...

Achievements

National titles

Balassini won five national championships at individual

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level. *

Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, ...

**Hammer throw: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005 (5)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Balassini, Ester 1977 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Italian female hammer throwers Living people Olympic athletes of Italy Sportspeople from Bologna Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Universiade bronze medalists for Italy Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2001 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 21st-century Italian women