Elisa Rigaudo

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Elisa Rigaudo
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Personal information
Born (1980-06-17) 17 June 1980 (age 44)
Cuneo, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event 20 km walk
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 20 km: 1:27:12 (2008)
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 001
World Championships 011
European Championships 001
Mediterranean Games 100
World Race Walking Team C'ships 010
European Race Walking Team C'ships 122
European U23 Championships 100
Total345
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing 20 km walk
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Daegu 20 km walk
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Moscow 20 km walk
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Gothenburg 20 km walk

Elisa Rigaudo (born 17 June 1980) is an Italian race walker from Cuneo.

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She won eight medals, seven of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. [1]

Biography

She is affiliated with the Fiamme Gialle Castelporziano sports club. Rigaudo represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She was the bronze medallist over 20 km at the 2011 European Race Walking Cup and went on to place fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, which was later upgraded to silver medal after disqualifications. [2] [3] [4] In 2002, she received a public warning for high levels of caffeine in her doping sample. [5] She came third at the 2012 Memorial Mario Albisetti, finishing behind Russia's Tatyana Sibileva. [6]

Progression

20 km walk
YearTimeVenueDateWorld Rank
20121:27:36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London 11 AUG11th
20111:30:44 Flag of South Korea.svg Daegu 31 AUG30th
2010stops due to maternity
20091:29:04 Flag of Italy.svg Sesto San Giovanni 1 MAY15th
20081:27:12 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing 21 AUG8th
20071:29:15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Leamington Spa 20 MAY13th
20061:28:37 Flag of Sweden.svg Gothenburg 9 AUG11th
20051:29:26 Flag of Hungary.svg Miskolc 21 MAY26th
20041:27:49 Flag of Germany.svg Naumburg 2 MAY9th
20031:30:34 Flag of France.svg Paris 24 AUG33rd
20021:30:43 Flag of Ireland.svg Dublin 15 JUN20th
20011:29:54 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam 15 JUL22nd
20001:32:50 Flag of Italy.svg Taranto 19 MAR70th

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 7th5000m walk 22:07.21
1999 European Junior Championships Riga, Latvia 6th5000m walk22:17.68
2001 European U23 Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 1st20 km walk 1:29:54
Universiade Beijing, China –10 km DNF
2002 World Race Walking Cup Turin, Italy 16th20 km walk 1:33:38
2ndTeam - 20 km26 pts
2003 European Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 13th20 km 1:31:18
1stTeam - 20 km27 pts
World Championships Paris, France 10th20 km walk 1:30:34 Sport records icon SB.svg
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 6th20 km walk 1:29:57
World Race Walking Cup Naumburg, Germany 5th20 km walk 1:27:49 Sport records icon SB.svg
2005 European Race Walking Cup Miskolc, Hungary 3rd20 km walk 1:29:26
2ndTeam - 20 km26 pts
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th20 km walk 1:29:52
Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 1st20 km walk 1:32:44
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd20 km walk 1:28:37 Sport records icon SB.svg
World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 10th20 km walk 1:29:37 Sport records icon SB.svg
2007 European Race Walking Cup Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom 4th20 km 1:29:15
World Championships Osaka, Japan —20 km walk DNF
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 3rd20 km walk 1:27:12 Sport records icon PB.svg
World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 20th20 km walk 1:32:38 Sport records icon SB.svg
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 9th20 km walk 1:31:52
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 3rd20 km walk 1:30:55
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 2nd [7] 20 km walk 1:30:44 Sport records icon SB.svg
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 7th20 km 1:31:25
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 7th20 km walk 1:27:36 Sport records icon SB.svg
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia —20 km DNF
World Championships Moscow, Russia 3rd20 km walk 1:28.41 Sport records icon SB.svg
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain 8th20 km 1:28:01
2ndTeam - 20 km30 pts
World Championships Beijing, China—20 km walk DQ
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th20 km walk 1:31:04

National titles

Elisa Rigaudo has won 13 times the individual national championship. [8] [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE 24 MARCH 2016 CAS DECISION". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Now disqualified by doping violation: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) originally 1st, 1:18:41
  3. ↑ "20 KILOMETRES RACE WALK WOMEN 13TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS - ADAEGU (DS), KOREA 27 AUG 2011 - 04 SEP 2011". iaaf.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Squalificata Anisja Kirdyapkina, per Elisa Rigaudo argento nella 20 km di marcia dei Mondiali di Daegu 2011" (in Italian). cuneodice.it. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  5. ↑ IAAF: IAAF News N.61 Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (2012-03-19). Schwazer clocks sensational 1:17:30 in Lugano Archived 21 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  7. ↑ After DQ of the Russians arrived first and second.
  8. ↑ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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