Leonardo Fabbri

Fabbri in 2024
Personal information
National team	Italy: 14 caps (2018-2023)[1]
Born	(1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 29) Bagno a Ripoli, Italy
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	130 kg (287 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	Aeronautica Militare Atletica Firenze Marathon
Coached by	Paolo Dal Soglio
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Shot put (outdoor): 22.98 m (2024) Shot put (indoor): 21.60 m (2023)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Italy World Championships 2023 Budapest Shot put 2025 Tokyo Shot put World Indoor Championships 2024 Glasgow Shot put Diamond League 2024 Brussels Shot put European Championships 2024 Rome Shot put 2026 Birmingham Shot put European U23 Championships 2019 Gävle Shot put European Youth Olympic Festival 2013 Utrecht Shot put Mediterranean U23 Championships 2018 Jesolo Shot put

Leonardo Fabbri (born 15 April 1997) is an Italian shot putter. He has won two European Championships in 2024 and 2026. He competed at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics.

Career

In winter 2019, at 22 years, his explosion, with 16th world best measure (his personal best 20.69 m) in the world top lists IAAF and the qualification at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships.^[2]

On 14 September 2024, Fabbri won the shot put at the 2024 Diamond League final in Brussels, Belgium, with a meeting record of 22.98 metres.^[3]

Statistics

Progression

  Personal Best

Year (age)	Measure	Venue	Date	Note
2026 (29)	22.74	Eugene	4 July[4]	WL
2025 (28)	22.82	Caorle	3 August
2024 (27)	22.98	Bruxelles	14 September	NR
2023 (26)	22.34	Budapest	19 August
2022 (25)	21.16	Padua	4 September
2021 (24)	21.71	Florence	10 June
2020 (23)	21.99	Padua	30 August
2019 (22)	20.99	Vicenza	19 July
2018 (21)	20.07	Leiria	14 July
2017 (20)	19.33	Trieste	1 July

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Measure	Notes
2017	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz	7th	Shot put	19.12 m
2018	Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships	Jesolo	1st	Shot put	19.40 m
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona	12th	Shot put	17.72 m	[a]
	European Championships	Berlin	Qual	Shot put	18.04 m
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle	2nd	Shot put	20.50 m
	World Championships	Doha	13th	Shot put	20.75 m	[b]
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Qual	Shot put	20.28 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene	Qual	Shot put	19.73 m	[c]
	European Championships	Munich	7th	Shot put	20.72 m	SB
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul	Finalist	Shot put	NM
	World Championships	Budapest	2nd	Shot put	22.34 m	SB
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow	3rd	Shot put	21.96
	European Championships	Rome	1st	Shot put	22.45 m	CR
	Olympic Games	Paris	5th	Shot put	21.70 m
2025	European Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn	Qual	Shot put	19.72 m
	World Indoor Championships	Nanjing	4th	Shot put	21.36 m
	World Championships	Tokyo	3rd	Shot put	21.94 m
2026	European Championships	Birmingham	1st	Shot put	22.31 m

National titles

Fabbri won 12 national championships at individual senior level.^[5]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Shot put: 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025 (5)
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • Shot put: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2026 (7)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Shot put

Notes

References

External links

• Leonardo Fabbri at World Athletics
• Leonardo Fabbri at Tilastopaja (registration required)
• Leonardo Fabbri at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Leonardo Fabbri at Olympics.com
• Leonardo Fabbri at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Leonardo Fabbri at Olympedia
• Leonardo Fabbri at InterSportStats
• Leonardo Fabbri at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
• Leonardo Fabbri – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)