Gaia Sabbatini is an Italian middle-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 1,500m at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships. Gaia Sabbatini is the Italian indoor record holder for the 1,000m, three-time Italian national champion, and European Team Championships winner. Her personal best in 1,000m is 2:48.06 min, while in 1,500m is 4:01.24 min.
Gaia Sabbatini was born on June 10, 1999, in Teramo, Italy. She started in athletics at an early age and proved her talent from the very first events she participated in.
Gaia Sabbatini started her competitive career already in 2015. She took part in the Chieti Italian Club Championships, winning the gold in 200m and silver in 400m, while at the Macerata Italian Club Championships, she earned bronze in 800m. During the season, Gaia Sabbatini won the gold at the Pescara Trofeo Citta di Pescara and Fermo Meeting in 800m. She also competed at the Milano Italian U18 Championships in 800m and Ancona Italian U18 Indoor Championships in 100m, remaining 4th in both.
In 2016, Gaia Sabbatini won the gold at the Bressanone BRIXIA Meeting, Macerata Regional Championship in 800m, and Macerata Italian U18 Club Championships in 800m and 400m, as well as the bronze at the Ancona Italian U18 Indoor Championships in 1,000m. She also earned gold at the Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Meeting in 1,500m.
Gaia Sabbatini started competing internationally in 2017, representing her country at the Grosseto European U20 Championships in 1,500m, where finished 8th. She also competed at the prestigious Lausanne U20 Athletissima in the same distance but remained 5th in the final. During the season, Gaia Sabbatini won the bronze at the Trieste Italian Championships in 1,500m and the gold at the junior events Firenze Italian U20 Championships and Ancona Italian U20 Indoor Championships in 800m.
In 2018, Gaia Sabbatini competed at the Tampere IAAF World U20 Championships in 1,500m, but remained out of the final. She won the gold at the Ancona Italian U20 Indoor Championships, Agropoli Italian U20 Championships, Sulmona Italian Club Championships, and Nantes FRA-GER-ITA U20 Indoor Match in 1,500m. In 800,. she earned the gold at the Ancona Italian U20 Indoor Championships, Sulmona Italian Club Championships, Agropoli Italian U20 Championships, and Sulmona Regional Championships, and also competed at the Pescara Italian Championships, finishing 7th.
Gaia Sabbatini dominated the discipline in 2019, winning the gold at the Italian U23 Indoor Championships and Italian Club Championships, as well as the bronze at the Italian Championships in 1,500m.
In 2020, Gaia Sabbatini won bronze at the Italian Championships in 800m and gold at the Italian Indoor Championships in 1,500m. During the season she made another great achievement, winning the 800m gold at the Motonet GP in Espoo, Finland, as well as 1,500m gold at the Míting Internacional Catalunya in Spain.
Gaia Sabbatini made her biggest breakthrough in athletics in 2021, winning the gold at the Tallinn European Athletics U23 Championships and Chorzow European Athletics Team Championships Super League in 1,500m. She also competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics but finished 8th in the semi-finals and did not qualify for the final. During the season, she debuted in the Diamond League at the Muller Grand Prix Gateshead, finishing 5th, and also competed at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea in Firenze, Eugene Prefontaine Classic, and Athletissima in Lausanne, but again failed to win a medal. Gaia Sabbatini also competed at the Torun European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1,500m but again failed to win the honor. However, she won the gold at the Italian Indoor Championships in 1,500m and the silver at the Italian Championships in 800m.
In 2022, Gaia Sabbatini won the mixer relay gold at the Turin European Cross Country Championships. During the season she competed at the Eugene World Athletics Championships, Munich European Athletics Championships, as well as the Diamond League events in 1,500m but did not win an honor. However, She won the 800m gold at the Italian Indoor Championships.
In 2023, Gaia Sabbatini won the silver at the Italian Championships in 800m, as well as the silver at the 69° ORLEN Janusz Kusocinski Memorial and Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, in 1,500m.
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