Assunta Legnante
1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Paralympic athletics
Discus throw
- Shot put: 19.04 m (2006)
- Shot put indoor: 19.20 m (2002)
- Shot put F11: 17.32 m (2014)
- Discus Throw F11 : 32.72 m (2012)
Women's athletics | ||
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Representing Italy | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2012 London | Shot put F11–12 | |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Shot put – F12 | |
2020 Tokyo | Discus throw – F11 | |
2020 Tokyo | Shot put – F12 | |
2024 Paris | Discus throw – F11 | |
World Championships | ||
2015 Doha | Shot put – F12 | |
2019 Dubai | Discus throw – F11 | |
2023 Paris | Shot put – F12 | |
European Championships | ||
2014 Swansea | Shot put – F11/12 | |
2014 Swansea | Discus – F11/12 | |
European Indoor Championships | ||
2007 Birmingham | Shot put | |
2002 Vienna | Shot put | |
Mediterranean Games | ||
2001 Radès | Shot put | |
2009 Pescara | Shot put | |
European Cup Winter Throwing | ||
2008 Split | Shot put | |
2002 Pola | Shot put | |
2004 Marsa | Shot put | |
2005 Mersin | Shot put | |
2007 Jalta | Shot put | |
European U23 Championships | ||
1999 Gothenburg | Shot put | |
European Junior Championships | ||
1997 Ljubljana | Shot put |
Assunta Legnante (born 14 May 1978) is a visually impaired Italian shot putter. She has competed in both the Olympics and the Paralympics, one of the few athletes to do so. As of February 2013[update], she is the current F11 shot put world record holder.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's discus throw F11, and Women's shot put F12, winning silver medals.[2][3]
Non-disabled athletics career
Legnante won the silver medal at the 2002 and the gold medal at the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships, where she captained the Italian team.[4] She finished fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, having missed the 2004 Olympics due to dangerously high intraocular pressure.[4][5]
Her personal best throw is 19.04 metres, achieved in September 2006 in Busto Arsizio. Her best indoor result is 19.20 metres, achieved in February 2002 in Genova.[6]
Blindness and Paralympics
Legnante was born with congenital glaucoma in both eyes.[4] In 2009, she suddenly lost the sight in her better, right eye.[4][5] Her left retina then deteriorated.[4] She had a cataract removed in March 2012, but that did not improve her sight. She now has light perception in her left eye, but nothing more.[4]
The 2007 European indoor champion did not lose heart and started a new career as a Paralympic athlete, training for the forthcoming 2012 Summer Paralympics.[5]
At the 2012 Italian Paralympic Athletics Championships in Turin she set a new F11 shot put world record with a throw of 13.27 metres.[7] On 8 June, at Memorial Primo Nebiolo in Turin, she improved the world record, three times, to 15.22 m.[8] At the London Paralympics, she broke her own world record with a throw of 16.74 metres.[1]
In 2014, she returned to international level throwing 17.09 on 20 June and 17.39 at the regional championships in Naples eight days later.
Achievements
See also
- List of athletes who have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics
- Italian all-time lists – shot put
References
- ^ a b "IPC Athletics World Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Athletics - LEGNANTE Assunta - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ archysport (2 September 2021). "Assunta Legnante, get the gold! Last day in swimming with Giulia Terzi and Raimondi – OA Sport". Archysport. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Beijing Olympic shot-putter Assunta Legnante now blind, seeks Paralympic title". Association Internationale De La Presse Sportive. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "Atletica: Legnante shock "Non ci vedo piu"" (in Italian). sportlive.it. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ IAAF Athlete Profile: Assunta Legnante
- ^ "Assunta Legnante nuovo record del mondo, tanti ottimi risultati" (in Italian). Fispes.it. Retrieved 12 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Torino per il record bis di Abate" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
External links
- Assunta Legnante at World Athletics
- Assunta Legnante at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Assunta Legnante at Olympics.com
- Assunta Legnante at Paralympic.org
- Assunta Legnante at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
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- 1967: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)
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