Elisabetta Perrone

Elisabetta Perrone (born 9 July 1968 in Camburzano, Biella) is a retired female race walker from Italy who won eighteen medals, eight of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1]

Elisabetta Perrone
Personal information
Born (1968-07-09) 9 July 1968
Camburzano, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Racewalking
ClubG.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 10 km: 41:56 (1993)
  • 20 km: 1:27:09 (2001)
Medal record
Individual
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 1 1
Mediterranean Games 1 1 0
European Race Walking Cup 0 2 1
Total 1 5 2
Team
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Race Walking Cup 1 3 1
European Race Walking Cup 3 2 0
Total 4 5 1
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta 10 km walk
World Championships
1995 Gothenburg10 km walk
2001 Edmonton20 km walk

Biography

Elisabetta Perrone won six medals, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions.[2] She participated at four editions of the Summer Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004), she has 39 caps in sixteen years in national team from 1981 to 2004.[3]

National records
  • 20 km race walk: 1:27:09 ( Dudince, 19 May 2001). Record held until 17 May 2015 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi with 1:26:17)
  • 5000 m race walk: 20:12.24 ( Rieti, 2 August 2003).[4] Record held until 18 May 2014 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi with 20.01.80)

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 19th 10 km 46:43
1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 10th 10 km 46:49
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 4th 10 km 43:26
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th 10 km 43:47
1995 World Race Walking Cup Beijing, China 6th 10 km 43:13
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 10 km 42:16
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 2nd 10 km 42:12
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 10th 10,000 m 45:16.64
Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 1st 10 km 44:40
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th 10 km 44:04
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 21st 20 km 1:36:24
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 2nd 20 km 1:27:42
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia — 20 km DSQ
2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 3rd 20 km 1:27:09
Mediterranean Games Tunis, Tunisia 2nd 20 km 1:36:47
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 3rd 20 km 1:28:56
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 6th 20 km 1:30:25
2003 European Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 2nd 20 km 1:27:58
World Championships Paris, France — 20 km DNF
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 18th 20 km 1:32:21

National titles

She won 5 times the individual national championship.[5][6]

  • 2 wins in the 10 km walk (1994, 1995)
  • 1 win in the 20 km walk (2001)
  • 2 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1998, 2003)

See also

References
  1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  4. "LISTE ITALIANE ALL TIME al 25 giugno 2017" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. p. 59. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  6. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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