Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker)

Eleonora Anna Giorgi (born 14 September 1989) is an Italian race walker bronze medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.

For the Italian actress, see Eleonora Giorgi.
Eleonora Giorgi
Giorgi in 2015 in Murcia
Personal information
Full nameEleonora Anna Giorgi
NationalityItalian
Born (1989-09-14) 14 September 1989
Milan, Italy
ResidenceCabiate, Italy
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportAthletics
Event(s)Racewalking
ClubFiamme Azzurre[1]
Coached byGiovanni Perricelli
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 20 km walk: 1:29:48 (2012)
  • 50 km walk: 4:04:50 (2019)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 0 1
World Race Walking Cup 0 1 0
European Race Walking Cup 1 2 1
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
Total 2 3 2
World Championships
2019 Doha50 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
2018 Taicang20 km walk (team)
European Race Walking Cup
2019 Alytus50 km walk
2015 Murcia20 km walk
2015 Murcia20 km walk (team)
2019 Alytus50 km walk (team)
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin20 km walk

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.[2]

Biography

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.

On 29 September 2019 she won the bronze medal at the first edition of th 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.[4]

Statistics

World records

European records
  • 50 km walk (road): 4:04:50 ( Alytus, 19 May 2019) – current holder.[5]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Youth level
2008 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Cheboksary 27th 10 km 49:44
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz 18th 10,000m 47:58.68
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas 11th 20 km walk 1:39:42
Senior level
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão 28th 20 km 1:38:29
European U23 Championships Ostrava 4th 20 km walk 1:38:41
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk 14th 20 km walk 1:32:57 PB
World Race Walking Challenge A Coruña 6th 20 km walk 1:31:18 PB
Olympic Games London 14th 20 km walk 1:29:48 PB
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince 6th 20 km 1:32:09
Mediterranean Games Mersin 1st 20 km walk 1:39.13
World Championships Moscow 10th 20 km walk 1:30:01 SB
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang 5th 20 km 1:27:05
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia 2nd 20 km 1:26:17
2nd 20 km – Team 30 pts
World Championships Beijing DSQ 20 km walk -
2018 Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2nd 20 km – Team 38 pts
2019 European Race Walking Cup Alytus 1st 50 km 4:04:50 AR
3rd 50 km – Team 50 pts
World Championships Doha 3rd 50 km 4:29:13

National titles

She has won seven times the national championship at individual senior level.[6]

Outdoor
  • 10 km race walk (road): 2012, 2019
  • 10,000 m race walk (track): 2017[7]
Indoor
  • 3000 m race walk: 2012, 2014

See also

References
  1. "Giovanni Pellielo ...e sono quattro!" (PDF) (in Italian). poliziapenitenziaria.it. 12 September 2016. p. 22. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. "Eleonora Giorgi nella storia: record mondiale dei 5 km di marcia in pista" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. "Marcia: Rubino quarto a La Coruna, Giorgi sesta nello IAAF Race Walking Challenge" (in Italian). olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. "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.
  5. "Milano, Giorgi premiata per il record" (in Italian). fidal.it. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  6. "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE 1923 – 2018" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  7. "Campionati Italiani Assoluti Trieste 2017 Marcia Donne" (in Italian). marcia.it. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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