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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1965-03-09) 9 March 1965 (age 59) Bergamo, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Discus throw Shot put | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Snam Gas Metano | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Agnese Maffeis (born 9 March 1965, in Bergamo) is an Italian discus thrower and shot putter. She won six medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
She has 73 caps in national team from 1981 to 2003, second Italian athlete of all-time behind Marisa Masullo that have 79 caps.
Biography
She finished twelfth at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 1997 World Championships. She also competed in the 1996 Olympics, but failed to qualify from her pool. At the Mediterranean Games she won gold medals in shot put in 1987 and 1993 and in discus in 1991 and 1993. She won a silver medal in shot put in 1991 and in discus in 2001.
Her personal best throw currently stands at 63.66 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Milan. She is married to Alessandro Andrei.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 10th | Discus | 61.22 m |
National titles
Agnese Maffeis has won 38 times the individual national championship (Italian all-time record-woman).
- 5 wins in the shot put (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
- 14 wins in the discus throw (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- 9 wins in the shot put indoor (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
- 10 wins in the discus throw at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships (1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
See also
- Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners
- Italy national athletics team - Women's more caps
- Italian all-time lists - Shot put
- Italian all-time lists - Discus throw
References
- "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
External links
- Agnese Maffeis at World Athletics
- Agnese Maffeis at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Agnese Maffeis at Olympedia
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Italian female discus throwers
- Italian female shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Sportspeople from Bergamo
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Italian sportswomen