Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker)

Eleonora Giorgi
Giorgi in 2012 after the victory at the National University Championships in Messina
Personal information
Full name Eleonora Anna Giorgi
Nationality Italian
Born (1989-09-14) 14 September 1989
Milan, Italy
Residence Cabiate, Italy
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Race walk
Club G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Coached by Serhiy Derkach
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 20 km walk: 1:29:48 (2012)
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin20 km walk

Eleonora Anna Giorgi (born 14 September 1989 in Milan) is an Italian race walker. 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.[1]

Biography

She has two caps in the Italy national athletics team.[2]

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).[3] On 6 July 2012 she won the race in Bressanone walking 10 km in 45 min 19 sec and received the gold medal.

World records

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2008 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Cheboksary, Russia 27th 10 km 49:44
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 18th 10,000m 47:58.68
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 11th 20 km walk 1:39:42
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 28th 20 km 1:38:29
European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 4th 20 km walk 1:38:41
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 14th 20 km walk 1:32:57
World Race Walking Challenge La Coruña, Spain 6th 20 km walk 1:31:18
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 14th 20 km walk 1:29:48
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 6th 20 km 1:32:09
Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 1st 20 km walk 1:39.13
World Championships Moscow, Russia 10th 20 km walk 1:30:01
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 5th 20 km 1:27:05
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain 2nd 20 km 1:26:17
2nd 20 km - Team 30 pts
World Championships Beijing, China — 20 km walk DQ

National titles

She has won four times the national championship at individual senior level.[4]

Outdoor
  • 10 km race walk (road): 2012
  • 10,000 m race walk (track): 2017[5]
Indoor
  • 3000 m race walk: 2012, 2014

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Eleonora Giorgi nella storia: record mondiale dei 5 km di marcia in pista" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Eleonora Anna Giorgi" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Marcia: Rubino quarto a La Coruna, Giorgi sesta nello IAAF Race Walking Challenge" (in Italian). olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE 1923 - 2018" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Campionati Italiani Assoluti Trieste 2017 Marcia Donne" (in Italian). marcia.it. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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