Jennifer Dahlgren

Jennifer Dahlgren Fitzner (born 21 April 1984) is an Argentine hammer thrower. Having spent much of her life in the United States, she competed as an amateur for the University of Georgia. She set the US collegiate hammer record and was the NCAA Outdoor champion in both 2006 and 2007. She is a three-time gold medallist at the South American Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.

Jennifer Dahlgren
Jennifer Dahlgren in 2012
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Dahlgren Fitzner
Nationality Argentina
Born (1984-04-21) 21 April 1984
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight112 kg (247 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHammer throw
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de JaneiroHammer throw
South American Championships
2005 CaliHammer throw
2006 TunjaHammer throw
2011 Buenos AiresHammer throw
2009 LimaHammer throw
2013 CartagenasHammer throw
Pan American Junior Championships
2003 BridgetownHammer throw
2003 BridgetownShot put
South American Youth Championships
2000 Bogotá Hammer throw
2000 Bogotá Discus throw
Updated on 28 January 2015.

Dahlgren has represented Argentina at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as having competed at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions. She first broke the South American record in the discipline in 2004 and has raised it several metres to her current best of 73.74 m. She is one of the continent's top performers in the event, in which South American athletes are historically weak. In 2010 she won the Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best Athletes from the last decade in Argentina.

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