Sara Gambetta

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Sara Gambetta athletics

Heptathlon podium Tallinn 2011 (cropped) .jpg
Gambetta 2011

nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 18th February 1993 (age 27)
place of birth Lauterbach , Germany
size 183 cm
Weight 80 kg
job Psychology
student, Corporal for a limited period
Career
discipline Heptathlon , shot put
Best performance Heptathlon: 6108 points;
Ball: 18.46 m; 17.90 m (hall)
society SV Halle , formerly: SC DHfK Leipzig , TSG Schlitz,
Hallesche LF , LG Eintracht Frankfurt
Trainer René Sack , former trainer: Carlos
and Cornelia Gambetta
status active
Medal table
U20 world championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
U20 European Championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
U23 European Championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
German championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
German indoor championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
U20 world championships
silver Moncton 2010 Heptathlon
U20 European Championships
silver Tallinn 2011 Heptathlon
U23 European Championships
bronze Tallinn 2015 Bullet
DLV logo German championships
bronze Kassel 2016 Bullet
gold Erfurt 2017 Bullet
bronze Nuremberg 2018 Bullet
DLV logo German indoor championships
bronze Leipzig 2019 Bullet
last change: February 19, 2019

Sara Mabel Gambetta (born February 18, 1993 in Lauterbach , Hesse ) is a German athlete . She was initially a heptathlete before specializing in the shot put .

career path

At the end of 2010, Gambetta went from TSG Schlitz to LG Eintracht Frankfurt in order to better coordinate school and sport, for which she moved to the sports boarding school in Frankfurt and attended the Carl von Weinberg School , an elite sports school . Gambetta is a sports soldier and has been a psychology student since autumn 2013 . In September 2013, the corporal was presented with the certificate of appointment as a temporary soldier . She studies at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg .

Athletic career

Even as a teenager, Gambetta was able to show notable successes. Almost 18 years old, she was vice-European and vice-world champion in the heptathlon among the juniors, but was then plagued by injuries.

In 2013 she finally turned away from heptathlon and the shot put after she wanted to qualify for the U23 European Championships in the summer , but had to end the competition early again at the all-around meeting in Ratingen due to injury.

In 2016 Gambetta improved her personal best in the shot put on May 21 at the Halle Throwing Days in Halle (Saale) by almost half a meter to 17.72 m, thus fulfilling the norm for participation in the European Championships in Amsterdam . A little later, she improved and on May 31, 2016 at the Volksbank meeting in Osterode , she was the first German shot putter to reach the standard for the Olympic Games in Rio with 17.84 m . At the German Championships Gambetta came in 3rd place. With a further increase in her best performance, she reached 7th place at the European Championships in Amsterdam with 17.95 m. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she was eliminated from the qualification with a width of 17.24 m

2017 Gambetta was in northern France Lille team European champion , the shot put she finished 4th. Gambetta won the championship title at the German Championships in Erfurt. In mid-July she was nominated by the Allgemeine Deutsche Hochschulsportverband (adh) for the Summer Universiade in Taipei , where she took 5th place.

Gambetta belongs to the B-team of the German Athletics Association (DLV) .

Club affiliations

Gambetta started for SV Halle on January 1, 2018 . Before that she started for the SC DHfK Leipzig on January 1st, 2015 . Before that, Gambetta was with the Halle Athletics Friends , which she joined in mid-2013 from LG Eintracht Frankfurt . She moved there from TSG Schlitz on January 1, 2011 .

Top performances

(As of December 4, 2018)

Annual bests

Ball (open air, 4 kg)

2010 13.71 m
2011 14.87 m
2012 15.38 m
2013 16.36 m
2014 16.83 m
2015 17.26 m
2016 17.95 m
2017 18.46 m
2018 18.43 m
Personal best

In 2016, Gambetta hit 17.72 m on May 21 at the Halle Werfertage in Halle (Saale) and improved to 17.84 m on May 31 at the Volksbank meeting in Osterode . She hit 17.95 m on July 7 at the European Championships in Amsterdam . In 2017 she balanced the ball to 18.14 m at the SoleCup in Schönebeck on June 2, 2017 and screwed her best on July 15 at the castle meeting in Gotha to 18.46 m.

Honors

  • In 2011 the city council of their hometown honored Gambetta for their outstanding sporting achievements.
  • Awarded 2015 by the SC DHfK Leipzig as young athlete of the year 2015 .

successes

national
international

Web links

Commons : Sara Gambetta  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anja Herrlitz: Sara Gambetta - One year in the fast lane , people, on: Leichtathletik.de, January 20, 2011, accessed May 23, 2016
  2. ↑ Angelika Kleemann: Sara Gambetta puts an end to the heptathlon, on: fuldaerzeitung.de, August 6, 2013, accessed May 24, 2016
  3. ↑ Julia Nestle: Farewell to the heptathlon ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hlv.de
  4. ↑ Ralf Wilke: Looking forward to the competitions - a professional step , on: streitkraefte.de, as of November 25, 2013, accessed May 24, 2016
  5. ↑ Alexandra Neuhaus: Sara Gambetta starts her second career with a ball , on: Leichtathletik.de, January 14, 2014, accessed May 22, 2016
  6. ↑ Silke Morrissey, Jan-Henner Reitze: Julia Fischer defeats the world champion , Hallesche Werfertage, on: Leichtathletik.de, May 21, 2016, accessed May 24, 2016
  7. ↑ Birte Grote: Sara Gambetta: A heptathlon talent in the shot put elite , people, on: Leichtathletik.de, June 3, 2016, accessed June 4, 2016
  8. ↑ Sara Gambetta honored , on: tsg-schlitz.de, from August 24, 2011, accessed May 22, 2016
  9. ↑ Volker Bode: Sports honor of the SC DHfK on November 1st, 2015 ( Memento of the original of June 8th, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the media campus Leipzig @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.laz-leipzig.de
personal data
SURNAME Gambetta, Sara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gambetta, Sara Mabel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauterbach , Germany