Jennifer Dahlgren

Jennifer Dahlgren

Jennifer Dahlgren in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Jennifer Dahlgren Fitzner
Nationality	Argentina
Born	(1984-04-21) 21 April 1984 (age 32) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	112 kg (247 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Hammer throw South American Championships 2005 Cali Hammer throw 2006 Tunja Hammer throw 2011 Buenos Aires Hammer throw 2009 Lima Hammer throw 2013 Cartagenas Hammer throw Pan American Junior Championships 2003 Bridgetown Hammer throw 2003 Bridgetown Shot put South American Youth Championships 2000 Bogotá Hammer throw 2000 Bogotá Discus throw
Updated on 28 January 2015.

Jennifer Dahlgren Fitzner (born 21 April 1984) is an Argentine hammer thrower. Having spent much of her life in the United States, she competed as an amateur for the University of Georgia. She set the US collegiate hammer record and was the NCAA Outdoor champion in both 2006 and 2007. She is a three-time gold medallist at the South American Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Dahlgren has represented Argentina at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as having competed at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions. She first broke the South American record in the discipline in 2004 and has raised it several metres to her current best of 73.74 m. She is one of the continent's top performers in the event, in which South American athletes are historically weak.

Dahlgren's first major tournament was the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but she did not make the final, finishing 11th in the qualifying stages. She finished fourth at the 2001 World Youth Championships, but won the South American Junior Championships and took second at the Pan American Junior Championships that year. Dahlgren took fifth at the World Junior Championships in Athletics the following year and again topped the podium in the 2002 South American Junior Championships in Athletics. The 2003 season proved to be a breakthrough year: she set the South American junior record in the discipline and won at the Pan American Junior Championships.