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Antonietta Di Martino
Italian high jumper

Antonietta Di Martino

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Antonietta Di Martino
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Biography

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.

Biography

Early years (1990–2001)

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.

Early achievements(2001–2006)

Her skills as a high jumper were first discovered in July 2001, during the Italian Championship in Catania when her jump raised her personal best from 1.93 to 1.98 meters, thus equalling the personal best of accomplished Italina high-jumper Antonella Bevilacqua. A month later, she was able to reach the world finals where she finished twelfth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. In 2006, she finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow and tenth at the European Championships in Gothenburg.

The Golden year - 2007

In February 2007, she cleared 2.00 metres in Banská Bystrica, breaking Sara Simeoni's previous Italian indoor record of 1.98 m. She followed this up with a silver medal at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, where she jumped 1.96 m.

Di Martino also won the silver medal at 2007 World Championships, having jumped 2.03 m. Her 2008 season was not so successful and she managed only the tenth position at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and closed the year carrying a serious toe injury, making her consider retiring from the sport.

Her return (2009–2012)

Di Martino in action at ISTAF (2010)

In September 2009, she changed coaches, leaving Davide Sessa for husband Massimiliano Di Matteo and this marked a resurgence in her form. She won the Italian Indoor Championships, but illness ruled her out of the 2009 European Indoor Championships a few months later. She took bronze at the 2009 European Team Championships and soon after, she beat Blanka Vlašić to win the Golden Gala meeting, jumping 2.00 m in Rome. She cleared 1.99 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, securing a fourth-place finish. She capped off the year with a bronze at the final edition of the World Athletics Final and married her new coach Di Matteo.

Antonietta Di Martino won the gold medal at the 2010 European Team Championships, but did not even pass the qualifying round at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. She rebounded at the start of the 2011 season, jumping to an Italian indoor record of 2.04 m in Banská Bystrica in Slovakia. She continued with her good form in March by winning the European Indoor Championship in Paris with 2.01 m.

Records and achievements

Her personal best outdoor jump is 2.03 metres, achieved on 24 June 2007, in Milan by surpassing her own previous Italian record of 2.02 m, while her best indoor result came at an indoor high jump meeting in Slovakia on 9 February 2011 with a new national record of 2.04 m. Standing at only 1.69 m, this jump is the unofficial women's world record for the highest jump over her own height (at 35 cm). Di Martino used to be active in heptathlon, achieving a personal best of 5542 points (2001).

Missing the 2012 Summer Olympics

Di Martino suffered an injury on her knee in April 2012, just four months before the Olympic Games. She was forced to stop training for a period of time. However, the National Athletics Federation (FIDAL) underestimate the nature of the injury, which was diagnosed in the three weeks of rehabilitation. But less than a month before the Olympics, they came to know that the injury was more serious than expected, forcing her to undergo surgery, ruling her out of London. Her knee surgery was performed just a few days before the race in the Olympics high jump.

Her husband and coach Massimiliano Di Matteo, in an interview, accused the FIDAL have underestimated the nature of the injury and failing to ensure an athlete who has contributed immensely to Italian sport the right care at the time of rehabilitation.

National records

  • High jump outdoor: 2.03 m (Italy Milan, 24 June 2007 and Japan Osaka, 2 September 2007) - current holder
  • High jump indoor: 2.04 m (Slovakia Banská Bystrica, 9 February 2009) - current holder

Picture Gallery

Di Martino celebrates her silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka
The podium of 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul

International championships

Amtonietta Di Martino made 12 career jumps over 2.00 m (bolded in the table).

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNote
2001World ChampionshipsCanada Edmonton12thHigh jump1,85 m
2006World Indoor ChampionshipsRussia Moscow5thHigh jump1,96 m
European ChampionshipsSweden Gothenburg10thHigh jump1,92 m
2007European Indoor ChampionshipsUnited Kingdom Birmingham2ndHigh jump1,96 m
World ChampionshipsJapan Ozaka2ndHigh jump2,03 mSport records icon NR.svg
2008World Indoor ChampionshipsSpain Valencia7thHigh jump1,93 m
European CupFrance Annecy2ndHigh jump1,95 m
Olympic GamesChina Beijing10thHigh jump1.93 m
2009European Team ChampionshipsPortugal Leiria3dHigh jump2,00 m
Mediterranean GamesItaly Pescara1stHigh jump1,97 m
World ChampionshipsGermany Berlin4thHigh jump1,99 m
2010European Team ChampionshipsNorway Bergen1stHigh jump2,00 m
Diamond League2ndHigh jumpdetails
2011European Indoor ChampionshipsFrance Paris1stHigh jump2,01 m
World ChampionshipsSouth Korea Daegu3dHigh jump2,00 m
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsTurkey Istanbul2ndHigh jump1,95 m

Others meetings and championships

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNote
2006British Grand PrixEngland Gateshead3rdHigh jump1,94 m
Golden GalaItaly Rome11thHigh jump1,80 m
Memorial Van DammeBelgium Bruxelles5thHigh jump1,95 m
2007Europa SC High JumpSlovakia Banská Bystrica2ndHigh jump2,00 m
Memorial Primo NebioloItaly Torino1stHigh jump2,02 mSport records icon NR.svg
Bislett GamesNorway Oslo6thHigh jump1,90 m
European Cup (first league)Italy Milano1stHigh jump2,03 mSport records icon NR.svg
IAAF World Athletics FinalGermany Stuttgart2ndHigh jump1,97 m
2009Golden GalaItaly Rome1stHigh jump2,00 m
IAAF World Athletics FinalGreece Thessaloniki3rdHigh jump1,97 m
2010Golden GalaItaly Rome2ndHigh jump1,95 m
Italian Athletics ChampionshipsItaly Grosseto1stHigh jump2,01 m
2011Europa SC High JumpSlovakia Banska Bystrica1stHigh jump2,04 mSport records icon NR.svg
Spanish Athletics ChampionshipsSpain Málaga1stHigh jump2,00 m
Rieti MeetingItaly Rieti1stHigh jump1,96 m

National championships

Antonietta Di Martino has won the individual national championship 10 times.

  • 6 wins in High jump outdoor (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
  • 4 wins in High jump indoor (2003, 2006, 2007, 2009)

Progression

Antonietta Di Martino ranked 15 times in the top 25 of the world for the season list. Her 2.04 m indoor is also the 8th best performance of all-time.

High Jump Differentials

All time lists of athletes with the highest recorded jumps above their own height.

AthleteBornTallJumpYearDiff.
1Italy Antonietta Di Martino19781.692.04i20110.35
2Sweden Kajsa Bergqvist19761.752.08i20060.33
Greece Niki Bakoyianni19681.702.031998
4United States Yolanda Henry19641.682.00i19900.32
Bulgaria Emilia Dragieva19651.682.00i1987
6France Marie Collonvillé19731.631.9419970.31

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