Anita Pistone

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Anita Pistone
Personal information
Full nameAnita Sebastiana Pistone
Nationality Italian
Born (1976-10-29) 29 October 1976 (age 46)
Catania, Italy
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 100 m: 11.27 (2008)
  • 200 m hs: 23.76 (2007)
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Mediterranean Games 020
European Cup 001
Total021

Anita Pistone (born 29 October 1976) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Italy. [1]

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Biography

Pistone represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed second in her first round heat after Muna Lee in a time of 11.43. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.56 was the sixth time of her race. [1] Together with Vincenza Calì, Giulia Arcioni and Audrey Alloh she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay. In their first round heat they were however disqualified and eliminated for the final. [1]

National records

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2001 Mediterranean Games Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis 2nd4 × 100 m relay44.89
2008 European Cup Flag of France.svg Annecy 3rd4 × 100 m relay43.04 Sport records icon NR.svg
2009 Mediterranean Games Flag of Italy.svg Pescara 2nd4 × 100 m relay43.86

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Athlete biography: Anita Pistone". Beijing2008.cn . Archived from the original on 2008-09-09. Retrieved August 28, 2008.