Simona La Mantia

Simona La Mantia (born 14 April 1983 in Palermo) is an Italian triple jumper. Her best result at international senior level was a gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships.

Simona La Mantia

Simona La Mantia (left)
Personal information
Born	(1983-04-14) 14 April 1983 (age 41)
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Triple jump: 14.69 m (2005)
Medal record European Championships 2010 Barcelona Triple jump European Indoor Championships 2011 Paris Triple jump 2013 Gothenburg Triple jump European U23 Championships 2005 Erfurt Triple jump 2003 Bydgoszcz Triple jump European Team Championships 2011 Stockholm Triple jump 2013 Gateshead Triple jump

Biography

La Mantia's parents were both athletes: her mother Monica Mutschlechner was an 800 metres runner while her father Antonino La Mantia participated in the steeplechase.^[1]

Her first successes came the European Athletics U23 Championships, where she won silver in the triple jump in 2003, and improved to win the gold medal in 2005.

She represented Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she achieved seventh place in the qualification round, failing to secure qualification to the final. The exact same thing happened at the 2005 World Championships. She struggled with injuries over the following years but regained form in May 2010, jumping over 14 metres for the first time in four years.^[2] That year she also won a silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships followed by a win in the triple jump at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Since then she has competed at the 2013 World Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2013 European Indoor Championships.^[3]

Her personal best jump is 14.69 metres, achieved in May 2005 in her hometown Palermo. In addition she has 6.48 m in the long jump. On 6 October 2012 she married Alessandro Tazzini.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Italy
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston	8th	12.91 m (wind: -1.2 m/s)
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz	2nd	14.31 m (wind: 2.0 m/s)
	World Championships	Paris	17th (q)	14.05 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest	11th	14.14 m
	Olympic Games	Athens	17th (q)	14.39 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid	8th	14.43 m
	European U23 Championships	Erfurt	1st	14.43 m (wind: -0.6 m/s)
	World Championships	Helsinki	14th (q)	14.00 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow	16th (q)	13.61 m
	European Championships	Gothenburg	–	NM
2007	Universiade	Bangkok	4th	13.87 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona	2nd	14.56 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris	1st	14.60 m
	World Championships	Daegu	15th (q)	14.06 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki	4th	14.25 m
	Olympic Games	London	18th (q)	13.92 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg	3rd	14.26 m
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin	4th	13.97 m

National titles

Simona La Mantia has won the individual national championship 12 times.^[5][6]

• 6 wins in the triple jump (2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• 6 wins in the triple jump indoor (2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Triple jump

References

1. Sampaolo, Diego (2011-06-27). 14.40m leap by La Mantia highlights Italian Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-27.
2. La Mantia bounds back into the spotlight. European Athletics (2010-05-07). Retrieved on 2010-05-22.
3. "European Athletics - Event Website". la.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
4. "Fiori d'arancio per Simona La Mantia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
5. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
6. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 19 February 2013.

External links

• Simona La Mantia at World Athletics
• Simona La Mantia at Diamond League
• Simona La Mantia at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Simona La Mantia at Olympics.com
• Simona La Mantia at Olympedia