French shot putter
Laurence Manfredi (born 20 May 1974 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes) is a French shot putter.
She finished fifth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the World Championships in 1997, 1999 and 2003 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final round.[1]
Manfredi has been a dominating figure in the national competitions – a win at the 2010 French Indoor Championships was the 30th national title of her career.[2]
Her personal best throw is 18.68 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Castres.
Competition record
| Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Notes
|
Representing  France
|
| 1996
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Stockholm, Sweden
|
9th
|
16.22 m
|
| 1997
|
Mediterranean Games
|
Bari, Italy
|
4th
|
17.23 m
|
| World Championships
|
Athens, Greece
|
21st (q)
|
17.02 m
|
| 1998
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Valencia, Spain
|
16th
|
16.37 m
|
| 1999
|
World Championships
|
Seville, Spain
|
13th (q)
|
17.89 m
|
| 2000
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Ghent, Belgium
|
11th (q)
|
17.51 m
|
| Olympic Games
|
Sydney, Australia
|
20th (q)
|
16.57 m
|
| 2001
|
Jeux de la Francophonie
|
Ottawa, Canada
|
3rd
|
16.82 m
|
| Mediterranean Games
|
Radès, Tunisia
|
4th
|
15.61 m
|
| 2003
|
World Championships
|
Paris, France
|
14th (q)
|
17.88 m
|
| 2004
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
15th (q)
|
17.39 m
|
| Olympic Games
|
Athens, Greece
|
16th (q)
|
17.78 m
|
| 2005
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Madrid, Spain
|
10th (q)
|
16.32 m
|
| Mediterranean Games
|
Almería, Spain
|
2nd
|
17.47 m
|
| 2006
|
European Championships
|
Gothenburg, Sweden
|
13th (q)
|
16.95 m
|
| 2007
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
5th
|
18.02 m
|
| 2009
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Turin, Italy
|
7th
|
17.92 m
|
| World Championships
|
Berlin, Germany
|
21st (q)
|
17.25 m
|
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