Valentina Trapletti

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Valentina Trapletti
Valentina Trapletti.jpg
Trapletti in 2016
Personal information
National team Italy (15 caps)
Born (1985-07-12) 12 July 1985 (age 38)
Magenta
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event Racewalking
Club C.S. Esercito
Coached byEnzo Fiorillo
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 10000 m walk: 44:04.94 (2017)
  • 20 km walk: 1:29:47 (2022)
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Rome 20 km walk
European Race Walking Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Murcia 20 km walk Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Poděbrady 20 km walk Team

Valentina Trapletti (born 12 July 1985) is a female racewalker from Italy, who participated at three World championships and won seven national titles. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 20 km walk. [1]

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Biography

She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the IAAF World Championships of Berlin 2009 and London 2017. [2] His best season was 2009, when she was 24 years old, was 6th at the Universiade of Belgrade and 16th at the World Championships in Berlin, setting up her Personal Best at the all two occasions. She also won two silver medals (in 2015 and 2017) in team rankings of the European Race Walking Cup. In 2018, she competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany. [3] She finished in 9th place. [3]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2009 Universiade Flag of Serbia.svg Beograd 6th 20 km walk 1:36.32 PB
World Championships Flag of Germany.svg Berlin 16th 20 km walk 1:35:33 PB
2017 World Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London 15th 20 km walk 1:30:35 PB
2019 World Championships Flag of Qatar.svg Doha 17th 20 km walk 1:38:22

National titles

She won 8 national championships at senior level. [4]

See also

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References

  1. "Athletics TRAPLETTI Valentina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  2. "Mondiali: Italia Team a Londra con 36 azzurri" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  4. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 8 August 2017.