Anita Pistone

Anita Pistone

Personal information
Full name	Anita Sebastiana Pistone
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1976-10-29) 29 October 1976 (age 48) Catania, Italy
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 11.27 (2008) 200 m hs: 23.76 (2007)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Mediterranean Games 0 2 0 European Cup 0 0 1 Total 0 2 1

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

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 4 × 100 metres relay. In their first round heat they were however disqualified and eliminated for the final. ^[1]

National records

• 4 × 100 metres relay: 43.04 ( Annecy, 21 June 2008) - with Audrey Alloh, Giulia Arcioni, Vincenza Calì - current holder

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2001	Mediterranean Games	Tunis	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.89
2008	European Cup	Annecy	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.04
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.86

See also

• Italy national relay team
• Italian all-time lists - 4 × 100 metres relay

References

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

External links

• Anita Pistone at World Athletics
• Anita Pistone at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Anita Pistone at Olympics.com
• Anita Pistone at Olympedia