Noemi Batki

Noemi Batki (born 12 October 1987) is a Hungarian-born Italian diver.[1] She is a member of the Italian National Diving Team and is sponsored by Centro Sportivo Esercito/Triestina Nuoto.

Noemi Batki
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportDiving
Event(s)1 m, 3 m, 3 m synchro, 10 m
Medal record
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Turin10m platform
Silver medal – second place2010 Budapest10 m platform
Silver medal – second place2012 Eindhoven10 m platform
Silver medal – second place2014 Berlin10 m platform
Silver medal – second place2018 Glasgow10m platform
Bronze medal – third place2008 Eindhoven10 m platform synchro
Bronze medal – third place2015 Rostock10 m platform
Bronze medal – third place2017 EindhovenMixed 10 m platform synchro

Career

Batki was born in Budapest, Hungary, and at the age of 3 she moved to Belluno, Italy, with her mother, Ibolya Nagy, a Hungarian platform diver who took part in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

She won her first medal aged 16 at the Juniores European Championships in Aachen, Germany, where she won the silver medal in the 3 metres springboard synchro competition, together with her teammate Francesca Dallapè, and won the bronze medal in the platform event.[2]

In Spring 2005, Batki moved to Trieste. In July 2005, she took part in the FINA World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where, at her first world experience, she placed fifth in the 3 metres springboard synchro competition together with good results in the 1 meter and 3 meters springboard competitions. In the same year in Electrostal, Russia, she won her third juniors medal, a silver, in the 3 metres competition.[2]

In 2006, she took part at European Championships in Budapest, her hometown, where she placed 6th in the 3 metres synchro, and in the same year she won a silver medal at Arena Diving Champions Cup in Stockholm.[2]

In 2007, she won a bronze medal at Arena Diving Champions Cup in the 3 metres synchro race and won the gold medal in the same event at the Italian Indoor Championships. She also took part to FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, where she got good results such as the 11th place in 1 meter race and 9th place in 3 metres synchro race.[2]

In August 2007 Batki won the gold medal at 24th Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, in the 1 metre competition, sharing the same score as the Ukrainian diver Maria Voloschenko.[3]

In February 2008, Batki qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics[4] by placing 5th in the 3 metres synchro competition with Francesca Dallapè, at the FINA World Cup in Beijing.[1] At the Olympics, Batki and Dallapé placed 6th.

In August 2010, she won the silver medal in the 10 metres platfor race at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She scored 343,80, 11 points less than gold medallist Christin Steuer, from Germany.[5]

In March 2011, Batki won her first gold medal in a European Championship, at 2nd Arena European Diving Championships in Turin, scoring 346,35 points, her new personal record.[6] By this result, she also got the qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and so she competed in London and reached the finals for the 10 m platform women where she got 8th place.[7] She also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio where she competed in the 10 m platform women and she was placed 26th.[8]

2017

Batki competed in 2017 Diving World Series in Kazan, Russia, where she featured in the 10m mixed synchro between 31 March until 2 April.[9] She finished 5th with a score of 297.96.[10]

References
  1. "Noemi Batki". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  2. "Noemi Batki" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  3. "Day 7: Badminton prince lightens Thailand with revenge victory". news.xinhuanet.com. 16 August 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  4. Franklin, Woody. "FINA Diving World Cup Results". diving.about.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  5. "Noemi Batki argento nei tuffi a Budapest" (in Italian). lastampa.it. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  6. "Medal table and winners at 2nd Arena European Diving Championships". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  7. "London 2012 10m platform women - Olympic Diving". International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. "Rio 2016 10m platform women - Olympic Diving". International Olympic Committee. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. "FINA/NVC Diving World Series 2017 #3 | fina.org - Official FINA website". fina.org. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  10. "Results | fina.org - Official FINA website". fina.org. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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