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Antonietta Di Martino

Antonietta Di Martino
Antonietta Di Martino Berlin 2010.jpg
Di Martino in a G.S. Fiamme Gialle jersey
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1978-06-01) June 1, 1978 (age 38)
Cava de' Tirreni, Italy
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) High jump
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by Massimiliano Di Matteo
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • High jump: 2.04 m (2011)
  • Heptathlon: 5542 (2001)

Antonietta Di Martino (born 1 June 1978 in Cava de' Tirreni) is a retired Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres for outdoor events and 2.04 metres for indoor events. She also currently holds the women's all-time highest jump-differential, meaning she has jumped the highest (0.35 metres) more than her own height.

Her first significant international achievement was winning silver medal at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham. In the same year, she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. After a disappointing Olympics in Beijing, she won her first gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in 2011 in Paris and the bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu. In 2012 she won another silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul. In September 2009, she married Massimiliano Di Matteo, who also has been acting as her coach since marriage.

Her athletics history began at the age of 12 at the Youth Games, which highlighted her beginnings. Coincidentally, the high jump was not her first specialty. For much of her youth, she practiced the javelin throw and continued trying for multiple disciplines. She debuted in the national team for heptathlon in the European Cup in 2001.


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