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.Gebreselassie eases back into competition. IAAF (7 June 2000). Retrieved on 2010-09-10. 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. It was almost a championship record as well, but Marios Hadjiandreou's 17.13 metres from 1991 was slightly better. 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.

Then, some less successful years followed. He competed without reaching the final at the 2003 World Championships, the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games. He failed to reach the 17-metre mark at all in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he experienced an improvement with 17.33 metres indoor (Ancona, February) and 17.24 metres outdoor (Turin, July), but failed to reach the final at both the 2006 World Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships. He did however win the European Cup Super League meeting in June, reaching 16.99 metres. In 2007 he again failed to reach 17 metres, and again failed to reach the final of a major competition, this time at the 2007 World Championships.

2008 and 2009 would be marked by fruitful indoor seasons and fruitless outdoor seasons. He finished fourth in the final at the 2008 World Indoor Championships with a mark of 17.27 metres, but after with Fabio Martella he won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with a mark of 17.59 metres. These two marks were the season's best of the respective years. 17.59 was also a new championship record for the European Indoor Championships. 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.

His personal best jump is still 17.60 metres, and 17.73 metres on the indoor track. He is the Italian record holder. 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.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he jumped 17.48 metres to win the bronze medal.

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

Achievements

Representing 1995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary5th15.81 m1997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland11th15.55 m (-2.0 m/s)2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium6th16.57 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia25th (q)16.34 m2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal6th16.77 mMediterranean GamesRadès, Tunisia1st17.05 m2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria4th16.90 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany4th17.15 m2003World ChampionshipsParis, France13th (q)16.63 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary11th (q)16.68 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece21st (q)16.45 m2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia17th (q)16.35 mEuropean ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden16th (q)16.66 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan32nd (q)16.20 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain4th17.27 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China21st (q)16.70 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy1st17.59 m (iNR)World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany41st (q)15.81 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5th16.88 mEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain9th16.54 m2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France2nd17.73 m (iNR)World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea10th16.77 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey4th17.28 mEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland1st17.63 m (w)Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom3rd17.48 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia15th (q)16.53 m2014European ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland7th16.66 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil17th (q)16.54 m2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2nd17.13 m (M40 WR)2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom14th15.96 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany20th (q)16.15 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom18th (q)15.93 m

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)

See also Italian records in athletics Italian all-time lists – Triple jump Italian Athletics Championships – Multi winners World records in masters athletics – Triple jump Masters M40 triple jump world record progression

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