Serena Capponcelli

Personal information
National team	Italy: 2 caps
Born	(1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 35) San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics Bobsleigh
Event(s)	High jump Shot put Javelin throw
Club	Vlierzele Sportief
Coached by	Stefaan Vanderstichelen
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	High jump: 1.90 m (2018) Shot put: 15.10 m (2012) Javelin throw: 49.30 m (2012) Heptathlon: 5302 pts (2008)
Medal record Gymnasiade 2006 Thessaloniki High jump

Serena Capponcelli (born 24 January 1989) is an Italian female high jumper, shot putter, javelin thrower and former bobsledder, ^[1] who finished at 20th place in the 2018 indoor seasonal world lists in the high jump. ^[2]

Biography

In 2011 she started to practice the bob as a pilot, until the Olympic call for the 2014 Winter Games, living in Verbania where she met Arno, Belgian amateur cyclist and long-distance mountain runner; they married in September 2015 in Osmate ( Varese). She moved to Belgium, in Lede, resuming practicing the high jump for fun, and on 29 January 2017 in Ghent exceeded the quota of 1.89 improving a personal record (1.87 outdoors) that dated back to 2008. ^[1]

After her national team debut in 2017, in 2018 she opened the season immediately with a personal record: 1.90 m, made on the occasion of the provincial championships in Ghent. At the end of the indoor season she stopped her high jumping activities for pregnancy; in November 2018, Dennis was born. During 2019, she resumed high jumping, with a seasonal best of 1.80 m.

Personal best

• High jump: 1.90 m (indoor), Ghent, 6 January 2018 ^[1]
• Shot put: 15.10 m (indoor), Ancona, 25 February 2018
• Javelin throw: 49.30 m, Turin, 26 June 2011

International results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Measure	Notes
2017	European Championships	Belgrade	Qual (18th)	High jump	1.86 m

National championships

Senior

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Measure	Notes
2007	Italian Indoor Championships	Ancona	7th	High jump	1.75 m
	Italian Championships	Padua	4th	High jump	1.85 m	PB
2009	Italian Championships	Milan	5th	High jump	1.78 m	SB
2010	Italian Indoor Championships	Ancona	7th	High jump	1.74 m
			5th	Shot put	13.06 m
2011	Italian Championships	Turin	4th	Shot put	14.37 m
			5th	Javelin throw	49.30 m	PB
2012	Italian Indoor Championships	Ancona	3rd	Shot put	15.10 m	PB
	Italian Championships	Brixen	4th	High jump	1.80 m
			6th	Shot put	13.73 m
2013	Italian Championships	Milan	4th	Shot put	14.29 m
			6th	Javelin throw	47.89 m
2014	Italian Indoor Championships	Ancona	4th	High jump	1.82 m	SB
			4th	Shot put	13.89 m
	Italian Championships	Rovereto	4th	High jump	1.82 m
			Final	Javelin throw	DNS
2017	Italian Indoor Championships	Ancona	3rd	High jump	1.81 m

References

External links

• Serena Capponcelli at World Athletics
• Serena Capponcelli at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Serena Capponcelli at IBSF