Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker)
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Full name | Eleonora Anna Giorgi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Milan, Italy | 14 September 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fiamme Azzurre[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Giovanni Perricelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eleonora Anna Giorgi (born 14 September 1989) is an Italian race walker bronze medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 20 km walk.[2]
She is the 5000 metres race walk (outdoor, track) world record holder with the time of 20:01.80 sets on 18 May 2014 in Misterbianco.[3]
Biography
[edit]On 9 June 2012 in A Coruña, one leg of IAAF Race Walking Gran Prix 2012 she obtained the "standard A" for 2012 Summer Olympics, on 13 March at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Saransk (Russia) she ranked 14th, matching the other FIDAL requirement (classify among the first 20 athletes) for FIDAL).[4] On 6 July 2012 she won the race in Bressanone walking 10 km in 45 min 19 sec and received the gold medal.
On 29 September 2019 she won the bronze medal at the first edition of the 50 km race walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, race held at night from 11 pm to 3 am the following morning, to try to alleviate the strong heat. She is engaged to the Italian racewalker Matteo Giupponi.[5]
Statistics
[edit]World records
[edit]- 5000 metres race walk (track): 20:01.80 ( Misterbianco, 18 May 2014) – current holder
European records
[edit]- 50 km walk (road): 4:04:50 ( Alytus, 19 May 2019) – current holder.[6]
Achievements
[edit]National titles
[edit]Giorgi won seven national championships at individual senior level.[7][8]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
- 3000 m race walk: 2012, 2014 (2)
See also
[edit]- Italy at the European Race Walking Cup – Multiple medalists
- Italian all-time lists – 20 km walk
- Italian all-time lists – 50 km walk
- List of world records in athletics
- List of European records in athletics
- List of Italian records in athletics
- Italian team at the running events
References
[edit]- ^ "Giovanni Pellielo ...e sono quattro!" (PDF) (in Italian). poliziapenitenziaria.it. 12 September 2016. p. 22. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Athletics - GIORGI Eleonora Anna". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Eleonora Giorgi nella storia: record mondiale dei 5 km di marcia in pista" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Marcia: Rubino quarto a La Coruna, Giorgi sesta nello IAAF Race Walking Challenge" (in Italian). olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Doha, 50 km di gioia: Giorgi bronzo mondiale!" (in Italian). olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
È legata sentimentalmente a un azzurro della marcia, Matteo Giupponi.
- ^ "Milano, Giorgi premiata per il record" (in Italian). fidal.it. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Eleonora Giorgi - Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Campionati Italiani Assoluti Trieste 2017 Marcia Donne" (in Italian). marcia.it. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
External links
[edit]- Eleonora Giorgi at World Athletics
- Eleonora Giorgi at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Eleonora Giorgi at Olympics.com
- Eleonora Giorgi at Olympedia
- Eleonora Giorgi at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- 1989 births
- Athletes from Milan
- Italian female racewalkers
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- World record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Italian sportswomen