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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
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
External links
Agnese Maffeis at World Athletics
Agnese Maffeis at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
Agnese Maffeis at Olympedia