Antonella Palmisano

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Antonella Palmisano
Antonella Palmisano.jpg
Palmisano in 2018.
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 32)
Mottola, Italy
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event Racewalking
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 10000 m walk: 41:57.29 (2017)
  • 20 km walk: 1:26:36 (2017)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 100
World Championships 002
European Championships 101
World Race Walking Team C'ships 010
European Race Walking Team C'ships 321
Total534
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 20 km walk
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 London 20 km walk
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Budapest 20 km walk
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Rome 20 km walk
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Berlin 20 km walk
European Race Walking Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Poděbrady 20 km walk
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Poděbrady 20 km walk
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Poděbrady 20 km walk
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Poděbrady 20 km walk (team)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Poděbrady 20 km walk
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Poděbrady 20 km walk (team)
European U23 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Ostrava 20 km walk
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Tampere 20 km walk
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Novi Sad 10000 m walk

Antonella Palmisano (born 6 August 1991) is an Italian racewalker, 3rd at 2017 World Championships, 4th at 2016 Summer Olympics and 5th at 2015 World Championships in 20 km race walk and 1st in the same event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Biography

She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London and in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. [1]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2009 European Junior Championships Flag of Serbia.svg Novi Sad 2nd10000 m walk46:59.47 PB
European Race Walking Cup Flag of France.svg Metz 3rd 10 km walk (junior) 48:48 SB
2010 World Race Walking Cup Flag of Mexico.svg Chihuahua 1st 10 km walk (junior) 47:52
2011 European U23 Championships Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ostrava 2nd 20 km walk 1:36:26
2013 European U23 Championships Flag of Finland.svg Tampere 3rd 20 km walk 1:30:59 PB
World Championships Flag of Russia.svg Moscow 13th 20 km walk 1:30:50 PB
2014 European Championships Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zürich 7th 20 km walk 1:28:43
2015 World Championships Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing 5th 20 km walk 1:29:34
2016 Olympic Games Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro 4th 20 km walk 1:29:03
2017 European Race Walking Cup Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Poděbrady 1st20 km walk1:27:57
World Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London 3rd 20 km walk 1:26:36 PB
2018 European Championships Flag of Germany.svg Berlin 3rd 20 km walk 1:27:30 SB
2021 European Race Walking Team Championships Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Poděbrady 1st20 km walk1:27:42 [2] [3]
3rdTeam 20 km23 pts
2021 Olympic Games Flag of Japan.svg Sapporo 1st 20 km walk 1:29:12
2023 World Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 3rd 20 km walk 1:27:26 SB
2024 European Championships Flag of Italy.svg Rome 1st 20 km walk 1:28:08

National titles

She won 9 national championships at senior level. [4]

See also

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References

  1. "Women's 20 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. "Live Results". results.onlinesystem.cz. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. "Italia doppio oro a squadre nella 35 e 50 km" (in Italian). fidal.it. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 8 August 2017.