Guendalina Sartori
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born8 August 1988 (1988-08-08) (age 35)
Monselice, Italy
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (180 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Italy
SportArchery
EventRecurve
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Torino Team
Indoor World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Las Vegas Team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Team

Guendalina Sartori (born 8 August 1988) is an Italian archer. A gold medalist at the World Archery Championships, European Games and the Mediterranean Games, she competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in fourth in the women's team event.

Early and personal life

Guendalina Sartori was born on 8 August 1988 in Monselice in the northern Italian province of Padua. She is a member of the Italian Air Force.[2]

Following her fourth-placed finish at the 2016 Olympics with Lucilla Boari and Claudia Mandia, the publication of a story in Italian newspaper QS Quotidiano Sportivo in which the trio were described as "chubby" ignited controversy in Italy which led to the dismissal of the newspaper's editor.[3][4]

Career

Sartori first took up archery in 2000. She won gold medal in the women's team event at the 2011 World Archery Championships with Natalia Valeeva and Jessica Tomasi,[5] but the following year narrowly missed out on selection for the 2012 Summer Olympics, ultimately acting as the reserve archer for the Italian team.[2]

Sartori had a doubly successful competition at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, combining with Natalia Valeeva and Claudia Mandia in the women's team event to defeat Spain to win the gold medal,[6] before defeating Valeeva and Spain's Mirene Exteberria to win the women's individual title the following day.[7] Another women's team title followed in 2015 at the inaugural European Games in Baku, Sartori partnering with Valeeva and Elena Tonetta to win the gold medal over Belarus.[8]

2016 Summer Olympics

Sartori was a member of the Italian team that won three qualification spots at the 2016 Summer Olympics at the final qualification tournament held in conjunction with the third stage of the 2016 Archery World Cup, defeating Chinese Taipei to enter both the women's individual and team Olympics events.[2][9] Sartori was selected as the team's captain for her Olympic debut following the retirement of six-time Olympian Valeeva, joining fellow debutants Lucilla Boari and Claudia Mandia in Rio de Janeiro.[2]

Sartori was most successful in the women's team event, where she, Mandia, and Tonetta progressed to the semi-finals before losing to Russia and then Chinese Taipei in the bronze medal match.[10][11] The fourth-place finish represented Italy's highest ever placing achieved in a women's Olympic archery event.[11] Sartori did not advance far in the women's individual tournament, defeating Colombia's Carolina Aguirre in the opening elimination round before losing to India's Deepika Kumari in the second round.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Callarelli, Gloria (June 11, 2012). "Olimpiadi 2012, gli atleti padovani: la scheda di Guendalina Sartori" [2012 Olympics, Paduan athletes: Guendalina Sartori profile]. Padova Oggi (in Italian). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Fioravanzi, Brando (July 28, 2016). "Rio 2016: due chiacchiere con Guendalina Sartori, capitana azzurra nel tiro con l'arco" [Rio 2016: a chat with Guendalina Sartori, azzurra archery captain]. Padova Oggi (in Italian). Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Titolò "Cicciottelle azzurre": licenziato Tassi, il direttore di Qs" [Titled "Cicciottelle azzurre": Tassi, the director of Qs fired]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). August 9, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "'Enough sexism': 'Chubby trio' headline describing Italian archers spurs outcry". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service. August 11, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "Oro alle arciere italiane ai mondiali di Torino" [Gold to Italian archers at the World Championships in Turin]. La Repubblica Torino (in Italian). July 10, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "Giochi del Meditarraneo, l'Italia fa il pieno di medaglie: Ferrari e Rossi d'oro" [Mediterranean Games, Italy is full of medals: Ferrari and Rossi gold]. La Repubblica (in Italian). June 23, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Giochi del Mediterraneo: Ferrari oro e record, l'Italia sorride ancora" [Mediterranean Games: Ferrari gold and record, Italy still smiles]. La Repubblica (in Italian). June 24, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "Baku, la padovana Sartori trascina le azzurre all'oro nel tiro con l'arco" [Baku: Paduan Sartori drags the blue to gold in archery]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). June 18, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  9. ^ Wells, Chris (June 16, 2016). "6 teams claim Rio 2016 berths at final world qualifier". World Archery Federation. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  10. ^ "Tiro con l'arco, festeggia la Corea del Sud: azzurre beffate in semifinale" [Archery: South Korea celebrates, Azzurre mocked in semi-final]. La Repubblica (in Italian). August 8, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Rio2016: Tiro con l'arco, Di Buo' "Risultato difficile da digerire"" [Rio2016: Archery. Di Buo' "Difficult result to digest"]. Tuttosport (in Italian). ItalPress. August 7, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  12. ^ "Olimpiadi di Rio 2016, tiro con l'arco: dopo le polemiche, Sartori eliminata" [Rio 2016 Olympics, archery: after the controversy, Sartori eliminated]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). August 11, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

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