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Zahra Bani (Zahra Baani)
Zahra Bani (born 31 December 1979) is a Somali-born Italian javelin thrower. Born in Mogadishu to an Italian father and a Somali mother, she moved to Turin in 1989. Her best throw, 62.75 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, ranks second on Italy's all-time list. She won 17 Italian senior titles and retired in 2022 to coach in Turin.
Zahra BaniZahra Baani
- Lived
- 1979-12-31 to today
- Known as one of
- Sport
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is she?
Zahra Bani is a Somali-born Italian javelin thrower (Wikipedia, Zahra Bani). See sport in Somalia.
Early life
She was born in Mogadishu on 31 December 1979, to an Italian father and a Somali mother (Wikipedia). In 1989 her family moved to Turin (same source). She first played volleyball before she took up the javelin (same source). See Somalis in Italy.
Career
Her best throw is 62.75 metres, at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki (Wikipedia). That puts her second on the Italian all-time list, behind Claudia Coslovich (same source). From 2005 she had health problems that affected her results (same source).
She won 17 Italian senior titles (Wikipedia):
- Italian Athletics Championships, javelin: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 and 2021.
- Italian Winter Throwing Championships, javelin: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017.
She retired in 2022 and coaches in Turin (same source).
In short
A Mogadishu-born javelin thrower who won 17 Italian titles and ranks second on Italy's all-time list.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Zahra Bani · en.wikipedia.org
Zahra BaniZahra Baani
- Lived
- 1979-12-31 to today
- Known as one of
- Sport
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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