Eleonora Giorgi (race walker)

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Eleonora Giorgi
Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker).jpg
Giorgi in 2015 in Murcia
Personal information
Full nameEleonora Anna Giorgi
NationalityItalian
Born (1989-09-14) 14 September 1989 (age 35)
Milan, Italy
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
Sport Athletics
Event Racewalking
Club Fiamme Azzurre [1]
Coached by Giovanni Perricelli
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 20 km walk: 1:29:48 (2012)
  • 50 km walk: 4:04:50 (2019)
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 001
World Race Walking Cup 010
European Race Walking Team C'ships 231
Mediterranean Games 100
Total342
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Doha 50 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Taicang 20 km walk (team)
European Race Walking Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Alytus 50 km walk
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Poděbrady 35 km walk (team)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Murcia 20 km walk
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Murcia 20 km walk (team)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Poděbrady 35 km walk
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Alytus 50 km walk (team)
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Mersin 20 km walk

Eleonora Anna Giorgi (born 14 September 1989) is an Italian race walker bronze medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 20 km walk. [2]

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She is the 5000 metres race walk (outdoor, track) world record holder with the time of 20:01.80 sets on 18 May 2014 in Misterbianco. [3]

Biography

On 9 June 2012 in A Coruña, one leg of IAAF Race Walking Gran Prix 2012 she obtained the "standard A" for 2012 Summer Olympics, on 13 March at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Saransk (Russia) she ranked 14th, matching the other FIDAL requirement (classify among the first 20 athletes) for FIDAL). [4] On 6 July 2012 she won the race in Bressanone walking 10 km in 45 min 19 sec and received the gold medal.

On 29 September 2019 she won the bronze medal at the first edition of the 50 km race walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, race held at night from 11 pm to 3 am the following morning, to try to alleviate the strong heat. She is engaged to the Italian racewalker Matteo Giupponi. [5]

Statistics

World records

European records

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Youth level
2008 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Flag of Russia.svg Cheboksary 27th10 km 49:44
World Junior Championships Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz 18th10,000m 47:58.68
2009 European U23 Championships Flag of Lithuania.svg Kaunas 11th20 km walk 1:39:42
Senior level
2011 European Race Walking Cup Flag of Portugal (official).svg Olhão 28th20 km 1:38:29
European U23 Championships Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ostrava 4th20 km walk 1:38:41
2012 World Race Walking Cup Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Saransk 14th20 km walk 1:32:57 PB
World Race Walking Challenge Flag of Spain.svg A Coruña 6th20 km walk1:31:18 PB
Olympic Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London 14th20 km walk 1:29:48 PB
2013 European Race Walking Cup Flag of Slovakia.svg Dudince 6th20 km 1:32:09
Mediterranean Games Flag of Turkey.svg Mersin 1st20 km walk 1:39.13
World Championships Flag of Russia.svg Moscow 10th20 km walk 1:30:01 SB
2014 World Race Walking Cup Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Taicang 5th20 km 1:27:05
2015 European Race Walking Cup Flag of Spain.svg Murcia 2nd20 km 1:26:17
2nd20 km – Team30 pts
World Championships Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing DSQ 20 km walk -
2018 Race Walking Team Championships Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Taicang 2nd20 km – Team38 pts
2019 European Race Walking Cup Flag of Lithuania.svg Alytus 1st50 km4:04:50 AR
3rd50 km – Team50 pts
World Championships Flag of Qatar.svg Doha 3rd50 km 4:29:13

National titles

Giorgi won seven national championships at individual senior level. [7] [8]

See also

References

  1. "Giovanni Pellielo ...e sono quattro!" (PDF). poliziapenitenziaria.it (in Italian). 12 September 2016. p. 22. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. "Athletics - GIORGI Eleonora Anna". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. "Eleonora Giorgi nella storia: record mondiale dei 5 km di marcia in pista". atleticalive.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. "Marcia: Rubino quarto a La Coruna, Giorgi sesta nello IAAF Race Walking Challenge". olimpiadi.blogosfere.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. "Doha, 50 km di gioia: Giorgi bronzo mondiale!". olimpiadi.blogosfere.it (in Italian). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019. È legata sentimentalmente a un azzurro della marcia, Matteo Giupponi.
  6. "Milano, Giorgi premiata per il record". fidal.it (in Italian). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  7. "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Eleonora Giorgi - Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. "Campionati Italiani Assoluti Trieste 2017 Marcia Donne". marcia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2018.