Gaia Sabbatini (10 June 1999) is an Italian middle distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships. Sabbatini is the Italian indoor record holder for the 1000 metres.
She won three Italian national titles at senior level.
In February 2020, in graduating absolute Italian champion, Gaia Sabbatini became the first athlete from Teramo to conquer a national title.
She represented Italy at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, competing in the 1500 metres.
At the 2022 European Cross Country Championships on home soil in Turin, Sabbatini ran the anchor leg of the mixed 4 x 1500 m relay, securing Italy first ever victory in this event.
Achievements International competitions 2017European U20 Championships Grosseto8th1500 m4:22.842018World U20 Championships Tampere13th (h)1500 m4:22.502021European Indoor Championships Toruń16th (h)1500 m4:17.21European Team Championships Super League Chorzów1st1500 m4:14.87European U23 Championships Tallinn1st1500 m4:13.98Olympic Games Tokyo14th (sf)1500 m4:02.25 2022World Championships Eugene, OR– (sf)1500 mDQEuropean Championships Munich9th1500 m4:06.04European Cross Country Championships Turin1stMixed relay17:23
National titles Italian Athletics Indoor Championships 800 metres: 2022 1500 metres: 2020, 2021
Personal bests 800 metres – 2:00.75 (Rovereto 2021) 800 metres indoor – 2:01.07 (Ancona 2022) 1000 metres – 2:48.06 (Rome 2017) 1000 metres indoor – 2:38.67 (Birmingham 2022) 1500 metres – 3:59.49 (Budapest 2025) 1500 metres indoor – 4:10.25 (Madrid 2022) Mile – 4:31.74 (Milan 2021)
Progression Key: +1500 mYear (age)PerformanceVenueDate2022 (23) 4:01.93 Eugene, OR 28 MAY 20222021 (22) 4:02.25 Tokyo 04 AUG 20212020 (21) 4:11.27 Heusden-Zolder 06 SEP 20202019 (20) 4:33.19 Brixen 28 JUL 20192018 (19) 4:19.69 Cles 25 AUG 20182017 (18) 4:20.17 Grosseto 21 JUL 20172016 (17) 4:45.45 Ascoli Piceno 30 JUL 2016
See also Italian all-time top lists - 800 m Italian all-time top lists - 1500 m
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