Sara Zabarino

{{short description|Italian javelin thrower}}

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| national_team = Italian Team

| club = Acsi Italia Atletica

| coach = Massimiliano Remus

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| height = 1.64 m

| weight = 62 kg

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| event = Javelin throw

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Sara Zabarino (born 1 August 1999) is an Italian javelin thrower who won a gold medal at the 2019 European Throwing Cup at under-23 level with her new personal best, 58.62 m, that is the 10th best world performance of the year{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/throws/javelin-throw/outdoor/women/senior/2019?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true|title=SENIOR OUTDOOR 2019 - JAVELIN THROW WOMEN|publisher=iaaf.org|accessdate=11 March 2018}} and 4th all-time in Italy lists.{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Exploit-Zabarino-58-62-record-a-Samorin/119805|title=Exploit Zabarino: 58,62 record a Samorin|publisher=fidal.it|language=it|accessdate=11 March 2019}}

Since August 2023, she has been a member of the track and field team at the University of Southern California, United States.

Biography

On 10 July 2018 she qualified for the final of the javelin throw at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, with the best measure among the participating athletes.{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-u20-championships/iaaf-world-u20-championships-tampere-2018-6082/results/women/javelin-throw/qualification/summary#resultheader|title=JAVELIN THROW WOMEN IAAF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS TAMPERE 2018|publisher=iaaf.org|accessdate=10 July 2018}} In the final she placed 5th, with a best of 52.98m.

National records

  • Javelin throw under-23: 58.62 m – {{flagicon|SVK}} Šamorín, 10 March 2019

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventMeasureNotes
2018

|align=left|World U20 Championships

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

|5th

|Javelin throw

|52.98 m

| She threw a better measure, 53.99 m, her personal best and new national record U20.

2019

|align=left|European Throwing Cup

|align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} Šamorín

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Javelin throw (U23)

|58.62 m

|{{AthAbbr|PB}} {{AthAbbr|NUR}}

2021

|align=left|2021 European Athletics U23 Championships

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

|9th

|Javelin throw

|52.01 m

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Personal bests

  • Javelin throw: 58.62 m – {{flagicon|SVK}} Šamorín, 10 March 2019

See also

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