Gloria Hooper (athlete)

Gloria Hooper

Gloria Hooper in 2018
Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 33) Villafranca di Verona, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Coached by	Renzo Chemello
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 11.24 (2021) 200 m: 22.89 (2016)
Medal record World Relays 2021 Chorzów 4×100 m relay European Championships 2022 Munich 4 × 100 m relay Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 200 m European U23 Championships 2013 Tampere 200 metres 2013 Tampere 4 × 100 m relay European Junior Championships 2011 Tallinn 4 × 100 m relay

Gloria Hooper (born 3 March 1992) is an Italian sprinter who won a silver medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, and a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships in the 4 x 100 m. ^{[1] [2]} She won seven times the national championships. She competed at the 2012, 2016 and 2024 Summer Olympics, in 200 m (in 2012 and 2016) and the 4 x 100 m (in 2024). ^{[3] [4]}

Biography

Hooper at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.

Born in Villafranca di Verona, her parents arrived in Naples from Ghana in 1985. ^[5] She made her international debut for Italy at the 2012 European Athletics Championships. ^[6]

National records

• 4 × 100 m relay: 42.90 ( Doha, 4 October 2019), she ran second leg in the team with Johanelis Herrera, Anna Bongiorni, Irene Siragusa – current holder ^[7]

Personal bests

• 100 metres: 11.24 +1.5 ( Rieti, 22 May 2021) ^[8]
• 200 metres: 22.89 +1.4 ( Rieti, 26 June 2016)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton	32nd (h)	200m	24.74	(wind: +0.5 m/s)
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn	7th	200 m	23.95	[9]
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.52	(junior)
2012	European Championships	Helsinki	Semi-Finals	DSQ	–	[10]
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere	3rd	200m	23.24	(wind: -0.5 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.86
2015	World Championships	Beijing	16th (sf)	200 m	22.92
			12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.22
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	10th (sf)	60 m	7.34
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2019	World Championships	Doha	32nd (heat)	200 m	23.33
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	42.98	[11]
2021	World Relays	Chorzów	1st	4×100 m relay	43.79	SB

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 100 metres: 2013, 2015, 2016 (3)
  • 200 metres: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 (4)

See also

• 2020 in 100 metres
• Italian all-time lists – 100 metres
• Italian all-time lists – 200 metres
• Italian all-time lists – 4 × 100 metres relay
• Italy at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

References

1. "NOC Medallist by Sport – Italy". tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
2. "Gloria Hopper at World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
3. "Athletics - HOOPER Gloria". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
4. "Gloria Hopper at Olympics.com". olympics.com. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
5. "LA SQUADRA ITALIANA – CAMPIONATI MONDIALI JUNIORES 2010 - Gloria Hooper" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 21 June 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "Italia Team". tokyo2020.coni.it. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
7. "Doha: doppia 4x100 da record, azzurre in finale" (in Italian). fidal.it. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
8. "Rieti: clamoroso PB di Hooper (-10 cc!) sui 100 metri e anche Bongiorni vola" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
9. "21st European Athletics Junior Championships – All results". tilastopaja.org. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
10. She ran 22.95, her personal best and A-standard for 2012 Olympic Games, in heats.
11. She ran with the team 42.90 NR in semifinal.

External links

• Gloria Hooper at World Athletics
• Gloria Hooper at Diamond League
• Gloria Hooper at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Gloria Hooper at Olympics.com
• Gloria Hooper at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Gloria Hooper at Olympedia