Gaia Sabbatini

Gaia Sabbatini
Sabbatini in 2016
Personal information
National teamItaly: 2 caps (2020-2021)[1]
Born (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25)
Teramo, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventMiddle-distance running
ClubG.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Atletica Gran Sasso Teramo
Coached byAndrea Ceccarelli (2018–)
Marcello Vicerè (2013–2017)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Italy
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Silesia 1500 m
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tallinn 1500 m
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Turin Mixed relay

Gaia Sabbatini (10 June 1999)[2] is an Italian middle distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships. Sabbatini is the Italian indoor record holder for the 1000 metres.

She won three Italian national titles at senior level.

In February 2020, in graduating absolute Italian champion, Gaia Sabbatini became the first athlete from Teramo to conquer a national title.[3]

She represented Italy at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, competing in the 1500 metres.[2]

At the 2022 European Cross Country Championships on home soil in Turin, Sabbatini ran the anchor leg of the mixed 4 x 1500 m relay, securing Italy first ever victory in this event.[4]

  1. ^ "Italy Team Guide" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Gaia SABBATINI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Per Gaia Sabbatini storico titolo italiano assoluto: è lei la più veloce sui 1.500 indoor" (in Italian). emmelle.it. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ^ Turnbull, Simon (11 December 2022). "Report | Sabbatini's last leg heroics clinches mixed relay gold for Italy". European Athletics. Retrieved 11 December 2022.