Elisa Rigaudo

Elisa Rigaudo (born 17 June 1980) is an Italian race walker from Cuneo.

Elisa Rigaudo
Personal information
Born (1980-06-17) 17 June 1980
Cuneo, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)20 km walk
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 20 km: 1:27:12 (2008)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 0 1 0
European Championships 0 0 1
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
World Race Walking Cup 0 1 0
European Race Walking Cup 0 0 2
European U23 Championships 1 0 0
Total 2 2 4
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing20 km walk
World Championships
2011 Daegu20 km walk
European Championships
2006 Gothenburg20 km walk

She won eight medals, seven of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1]

Biography

She is affiliated with the Fiamme Gialle Castelporziano sports club. Rigaudo represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She was the bronze medallist over 20 km at the 2011 European Race Walking Cup and went on to place fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, which was later upgraded to silver medal after disqualifications.[2][3][4] In 2002, she received a public warning for high levels of caffeine in her doping sample.[5] She came third at the 2012 Memorial Mario Albisetti, finishing behind Russia's Tatyana Sibileva.[6]

Progression
20 km walk
YearTimeVenueDateWorld Rank
20121:27:36 London11 AUG11th
20111:30:44 Daegu31 AUG30th
2010stops due to maternity
20091:29:04 Sesto San Giovanni1 MAY15th
20081:27:12 Beijing21 AUG8th
20071:29:15 Royal Leamington Spa20 MAY13th
20061:28:37 Gothenburg9 AUG11th
20051:29:26 Miskolc21 MAY26th
20041:27:49 Naumburg2 MAY9th
20031:30:34 Paris24 AUG33rd
20021:30:43 Dublin15 JUN20th
20011:29:54 Amsterdam15 JUL22nd
20001:32:50 Taranto19 MAR70th

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 7th 5000m walk 22:07.21
1999 European Junior Championships Riga, Latvia 6th 5000m walk 22:17.68
2001 European U23 Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st 20 km walk 1:29:54
Universiade Beijing, China – 10 km DNF
2002 World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy 16th 20 km walk 1:33:38
2nd Team - 20 km 26 pts
2003 European Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 13th 20 km 1:31:18
1st Team - 20 km 27 pts
World Championships Paris, France 10th 20 km walk 1:30:34
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 6th 20 km walk 1:29:57
World Race Walking Cup Naumburg, Germany 5th 20 km walk 1:27:49
2005 European Race Walking Cup Miskolc, Hungary 3rd 20 km walk 1:29:26
2nd Team - 20 km 26 pts
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th 20 km walk 1:29:52
Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 1st 20 km walk 1:32:44
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd 20 km walk 1:28:37
World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 10th 20 km walk 1:29:37
2007 European Race Walking Cup Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom 4th 20 km 1:29:15
World Championships Osaka, Japan — 20 km walk DNF
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 3rd 20 km walk 1:27:12
World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 20th 20 km walk 1:32:38
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 9th 20 km walk 1:31:52
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 3rd 20 km walk 1:30:55
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 2nd[7] 20 km walk 1:30:44
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 7th 20 km 1:31:25
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 7th 20 km walk 1:27:36
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia — 20 km DNF
World Championships Moscow, Russia 5th 20 km walk 1:28.41
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain 8th 20 km 1:28:01
2nd Team - 20 km 30 pts
World Championships Beijing, China — 20 km walk DQ
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th 20 km walk 1:31:04

National titles

Elisa Rigaudo has won 12 times the individual national championship.[8][9]

  • 2 wins in the 5000 m walk track (2004, 2007)
  • 4 wins in the 20 km walk (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008)
  • 6 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

See also

References
  1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. "GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE 24 MARCH 2016 CAS DECISION". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Now disqualified by doping violation: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) originally 1st, 1:18:41
  3. "20 KILOMETRES RACE WALK WOMEN 13TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS - ADAEGU (DS), KOREA 27 AUG 2011 - 04 SEP 2011". iaaf.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. "Squalificata Anisja Kirdyapkina, per Elisa Rigaudo argento nella 20 km di marcia dei Mondiali di Daegu 2011" (in Italian). cuneodice.it. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  5. IAAF: IAAF News N.61 Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Sampaolo, Diego (2012-03-19). Schwazer clocks sensational 1:17:30 in Lugano Archived 21 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  7. After DQ of the Russians arrived first and second.
  8. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  9. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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