Gaia Sabbatini

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| caption = Sabbatini in 2016

| national_team = Italy: 2 caps (2020-2021){{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/upload/files/MEDIA/Italia_ETCH21.pdf|title=Italy Team Guide|publisher=fidal.it|language=it|date=28 May 2021|access-date=30 May 2021}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|6|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Teramo, Italy

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| height = 1.80 m

| weight = 57 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = Middle-distance running

| club = G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Atletica Gran Sasso Teramo

| coach = Andrea Ceccarelli (2018–)
Marcello Vicerè (2013–2017)

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Gaia Sabbatini (10 June 1999){{cite web |title=Gaia SABBATINI – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/italy/gaia-sabbatini-14682711 |website=World Athletics |access-date=2021-01-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.emmelle.it/Sport/Atletica/Per-Gaia-Sabbatini-storico-titolo-italiano-e-lei-la-piu-veloce-sui-1500-indoor/11-49503-1.html|title=Per Gaia Sabbatini storico titolo italiano assoluto: è lei la più veloce sui 1.500 indoor|publisher=emmelle.it|language=italian|accessdate=26 February 2020|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226183928/https://www.emmelle.it/Sport/Atletica/Per-Gaia-Sabbatini-storico-titolo-italiano-e-lei-la-piu-veloce-sui-1500-indoor/11-49503-1.html|url-status=dead}}

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

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.{{Cite web |last=Turnbull |first=Simon |date=2022-12-11 |title=Report {{!}} Sabbatini’s last leg heroics clinches mixed relay gold for Italy |url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/report-sabbatini-s-last-leg-heroics-clinch-italian-mixed-relay-gold |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=European Athletics |language=en}}

Achievements

=International competitions=

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2017

|European U20 Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Grosseto

|8th

|1500 m

|4:22.84{{refn|group=note|Sabbatini ran 4:20.17 in the heats.}}

2018

|World U20 Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Tampere

|13th (h)

|1500 m

|4:22.50

rowspan=4|2021

|European Indoor Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Toruń

|16th (h)

|1500 m

|4:17.21

European Team Championships Super League

|align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Chorzów

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:14.87

European U23 Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|EST}} Tallinn

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:13.98

Olympic Games

|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo

|14th (sf)

|1500 m

|4:02.25 {{AthAbbr|PB}}

rowspan=3|2022

|World Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Eugene, OR

|– (sf)

|1500 m

|DQ

European Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Munich

|9th

|1500 m

|4:06.04

European Cross Country Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Turin

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Mixed relay

|17:23

=National titles=

=Personal bests=

800 metres – 2:00.75 (Rovereto 2021)
800 metres indoor – 2:01.07 (Ancona 2022)
1000 metres – 2:48.06 (Rome 2017)
1000 metres indoor – 2:38.67 (Birmingham 2022) {{AthAbbr|NR|Italian}}
1500 metres – 4:01.24 (Chorzów 2023)
1500 metres indoor – 4:10.25 (Madrid 2022)
Mile – 4:31.74 (Milan 2021)

=Progression=

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class="wikitable" width=40% style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" \|+1500 m !Year (age)!!Performance!!Venue!!Date
bgcolor=F0DC82 \|2022 (23)	4:01.93	align=left\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Eugene, OR	28 MAY 2022
2021 (22)	4:02.25	align=left\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Tokyo	04 AUG 2021
2020 (21)	4:11.27	align=left\| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Heusden-Zolder	06 SEP 2020
2019 (20)	4:33.19	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Brixen	28 JUL 2019
2018 (19)	4:19.69	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Cles	25 AUG 2018
2017 (18)	4:20.17	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Grosseto	21 JUL 2017
2016 (17)	4:45.45	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Ascoli Piceno	30 JUL 2016