Antonella Palmisano

Antonella Palmisano

Palmisano in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 33) Mottola, Italy
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country	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   Italy Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 0 0 2 European Championships 1 0 1 World Race Walking Team C'ships 0 1 0 European Race Walking Team C'ships 3 2 1 Total 5 3 4 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 20 km walk World Championships 2017 London 20 km walk 2023 Budapest 20 km walk European Championships 2024 Rome 20 km walk 2018 Berlin 20 km walk European Race Walking Team Championships 2017 Poděbrady 20 km walk 2021 Poděbrady 20 km walk 2023 Poděbrady 20 km walk 2017 Poděbrady 20 km walk (team) 2023 Poděbrady 20 km walk 2021 Poděbrady 20 km walk (team) European U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava 20 km walk 2013 Tampere 20 km walk European Junior Championships 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.

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad	2nd	10000 m walk	46:59.47	PB
	European Race Walking Cup	Metz	3rd	10 km walk (junior)	48:48	SB
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua	1st	10 km walk (junior)	47:52
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava	2nd	20 km walk	1:36:26
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere	3rd	20 km walk	1:30:59	PB
	World Championships	Moscow	13th	20 km walk	1:30:50	PB
2014	European Championships	Zürich	7th	20 km walk	1:28:43
2015	World Championships	Beijing	5th	20 km walk	1:29:34
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	4th	20 km walk	1:29:03
2017	European Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady	1st	20 km walk	1:27:57
	World Championships	London	3rd	20 km walk	1:26:36	PB
2018	European Championships	Berlin	3rd	20 km walk	1:27:30	SB
2021	European Race Walking Team Championships	Poděbrady	1st	20 km walk	1:27:42	[2] [3]
			3rd	Team 20 km	23 pts
2021	Olympic Games	Sapporo	1st	20 km walk	1:29:12
2023	World Championships	Budapest	3rd	20 km walk	1:27:26	SB
2024	European Championships	Rome	1st	20 km walk	1:28:08

National titles

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

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 10 km walk road: 2014, 2018, 2020 (3)
  • 20 km walk road: 2014 (1)
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 3000 metres walk: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 (5)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
• Italy at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships
• Italy at the European Race Walking Team Championships
• Italian team at the running events

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". fidal.it (in Italian). 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
4. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2017.

External links

• Antonella Palmisano at World Athletics
• Antonella Palmisano at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Antonella Palmisano at Olympics.com
• Antonella Palmisano at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Antonella Palmisano at Olympedia
• Antonella Palmisano at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Antonella Palmisano – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)