Fausta Quintavalla
Appearance
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Montechiarugolo, Italy | 4 May 1959|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Iveco Torino | |||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Fausta Quintavalla (born 4 May 1959 in Montechiarugolo, Parma) is a former javelin thrower from Italy. She won three medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1]
Biography
[edit]Quintavalla set her personal best in 1983, throwing 67.20 metres. She competed for her native country twice at the Summer Olympics (1980 and 1984). Her best Olympic finish was the twelfth place in Moscow, USSR (1980). She has 41 caps in national team from 1976 to 1991.[2]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 15th | 59.34 m |
World Student Games | Edmonton, Canada | 2nd | 63.06 m | |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 15th | 57.66 m |
National titles
[edit]Fausta Quintavalla has won 8 times consecutively the individual national championship.[3]
- 8 wins in javelin throw (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Italian female javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Sportspeople from Parma
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
- Italian Athletics Championships winners