Fausta Quintavalla

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Fausta Quintavalla
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1959-05-04) 4 May 1959 (age 64)
Montechiarugolo, Italy
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventJavelin throw
ClubIveco Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Javelin throw: 67.20 m (1983)
Medal record
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1983 Edmonton Javelin throw
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 1979 Split Javelin throw
Silver medal – second place 1983 Casablanca Javelin throw

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
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]

  1. ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  3. ^ ""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]

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