Veronica Borsi

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Veronica Borsi
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Veronica Borsi at Istanbul 2012
(World Indoor Championships)
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 35)
Bracciano, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 metres hurdles
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Acsi Italia Atletica (2018-)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 100 m hs: 12.76 (2013)
  • 60 m hs: 7.94 (2013)

Veronica Borsi (born 13 June 1987 in Bracciano) is an Italian hurdler.

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Biography

In 2012 with her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles, 13.05 has obtained the pass for her first Olympic appearance in London 2012 and also the standard for 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. [1]

In 2013, she sets her personal best in the 60 metres hurdles on Mondeville, France, with the crono of 8.06, sixth world best of the year at that day. [2] Than, in 2013, she set also national record in 60 m hs (7.94 at European Indoor Championships) and 100 m hs (12.76). [3]

After a few unlucky seasons, 2018 had started in the best way for Borsi, who had managed to get the qualification for the Indoor World Championships. But the season started on 5 May, at the Italian Athletics Clubs Championships in Ostia, with an injury to the Achilles tendon that forced her to quit the 2018 season. [4]

National records

Progression

100 metres hurdles
YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld RankingEurope Ranking
201713.20 Flag of Italy.svg Orvieto 28/05/2017
201413.17 Flag of Italy.svg Orvieto 01/06/2014
201312.76 Flag of Italy.svg Orvieto 02/06/201317th4th
201213.05 Flag of France.svg Montgeron 13/05/201280th
201113.08 Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro 22/07/2011
201013.37 Flag of Italy.svg Osimo 10/07/2010
200913.92 Flag of Italy.svg Rovereto 01/09/2009
200513.49 Flag of France.svg Marseille 07/08/2005
200413.75 Flag of Italy.svg Brixen 19/05/2004

Personal bests

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2004 World Junior Championships Flag of Italy.svg Grosseto Heats (23rd)100 m hs 14.09 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2007 European U23 Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Debrecen Heats (26th)100 m hs 14.10 (wind: 0.2 m/s)
2009 European U23 Championships Flag of Lithuania.svg Kaunas SF (13th)100 m hs 13.54 (wind: 0.3 m/s)
2011 Summer Universiade Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shenzhen SF100 m hs 13.56 [5]
2012 World Indoor Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul SF60 m hs 8.18 PB
2013 European Indoor Championships Flag of Sweden.svg Gothenburg 2nd60 m hs 7.94 [6] NR
Mediterranean Games Flag of Turkey.svg Mersin 2nd100 m hs 13.05
2018 World Indoor Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Birmingham Heats60 m hs 8.27

National titles

See also

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References

  1. "I qualificati - Atletica" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  2. "Greco in forma 17,07 d'esordio" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. "Borsi da record 100 hs in12"76 Va al mondiale" (in Italian). ilgiornale.it. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. "CdS Assoluti: Folorunso a 400 in 52.25" (in Italian). fidal.it. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018. A Ostia (Roma) la primatista italiana dei 100 ostacoli Veronica Borsi (Acsi Italia Atletica) crolla dopo la nona barriera per un infortunio al tendine d’Achille, stavolta il destro e non il sinistro che si ruppe nel 2005 sempre ai Societari.
  5. Better time: 13.47 in heat.
  6. After official Nevin Yanit disqualification on 28 August 2013.