Marco Fassinotti

Marco Fassinotti
	Fassinotti training in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	29 April 1989 (age 36); Turin, Italy
Education	University of Pisa
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Club	C.S. Aeronautica Militare
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	High jump (outdoor): 2.33 m (2015); High jump (indoor): 2.35 m (2016);
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Mediterranean Games

Marco Fassinotti (born 29 April 1989 in Turin) is an Italian high jumper.

Biography

He has a record of 2.29 m, obtained in Paris on 5 March 2011. He was a finalist (7th) at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in Bydgoszcz on 13 July 2008. After entering the sports group of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare, he took part in the first European Championships in Barcelona 2010, reaching 9th place with 2.23 m. At the European indoor games of Paris in 2011, Fassinotti finished 6th, obtaining his personal best of 2.29 m. He trains at the Club Primo Nebiolo of Turin with the company SAFA.^[3]

Fassinotti is engaged to Australian high jumper Eleanor Patterson.^[4]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Italy
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	7th	2.13 m
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	4th	2.20 m
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	6th	2.21 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	9th	2.23 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	6th	2.29 m
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	5th	2.21 m
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	12th	2.18 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	13th (q)	2.23 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	6th	2.29 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	2.26 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	9th	2.25 m
2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	2nd	2.29 m
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	3rd	2.23 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	13th (q)	2.21 m
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	7th	2.19 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	16th (q)	2.25 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st (q)	2.21 m¹
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	8th	2.19 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	12th	2.20 m
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	20th (q)	2.17 m

¹No mark in the final

Fassinotti won six national championships at individual senior level.^[6]^[7]

^ 2017 Universiade bio
^ "Marco FASSINOTTI | Profile | World Athletics".
^ "Marco Fassinotti" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ "Duplantis fallisce di un soffio i 6,19 del nuovo record dell'asta - SprintNews.it". 19 February 2022.
^ "At 34 Beitia continues to impress". EAA. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014. Marco Fassinotti increased the Italian national high jump record to 2.34m as he won in Ancona.
^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "Assoluti: altri 4 azzurri allo standard olimpico" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.