Gabriella Dorio

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Gabriella Dorio
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Gabriella Dorio
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1957-06-27) 27 June 1957 (age 68)
Veggiano, Italy
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event Middle distance running
ClubIveco Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 800 m: 1:57.66 (1980)
  • 1500 m: 3:58.65 (1982)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles 1500 metres
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1982 Athens 1500 metres
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Milan 1500 metres
World Cross Country Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1976 Chepstow Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1982 Rome Team

Gabriella Dorio (born 27 June 1957 in Veggiano, Veneto) is an Italian former athlete and Olympic gold winner. She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. [1]

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Biography

She first participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics, placing sixth in the 1500 metres race then ran the same event and placed fifth in Summer Olympics 4 years later. She won the gold medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships, the bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships, and finally the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, beating the Romanians Doina Melinte (silver) and Maricica Puică (bronze).

She has 65 caps in national team from 1973 to 1991. [2]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1973 European Junior Championships 8th800 m
1974 European Championships Rome, Italy 9th1,500 m
1975 European Junior Championships 3rd1,500 m
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 6th1,500 m
1978 European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 6th1,500 m
1979 Mediterranean Games Split, Yugoslavia 1st800 m
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 8th 800 m
4th 1,500 m
1982 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy1st1,500 m
European Championships Athens, Greece 3rd1,500 m
1983 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary4th1,500 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th1,500 m
1984 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden8th1,500 m
Olympic Games Los Angeles California, United States4th 800 m
1st 1,500 m

National titles

Gabriella Dorio has won 23 times the individual national championship. [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  3. "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.