Elisabetta Perrone (born 9 July 1968) is a former
race walker
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from
Italy
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who won eighteen medals, eight of these at senior level, at the
International athletics competitions
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* Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme
* World ch ...
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Biography
Elisabetta Perrone won six medals, at individual level, at the
International athletics competitions
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* Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme
* World ch ...
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[ She participated at four editions of the ]Summer Olympics
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(1992, 1996, 2000, 2004), she has 39 caps in sixteen years in national team
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from 1981 to 2004.
National records
* 20 km race walk
The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight ...
: 1:27:09 ( Dudince
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, 19 May 2001). Record
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** Boot sector or boot record, ...
held until 17 May 2015 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi
Eleonora Giorgi (born 21 October 1953) is an Italian actress.
Biography
Giorgi was born in Rome. Her father was of Italian and English origin. Her mother was of Italian and Hungarian origin.
She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo ...
with 1:26:17)
* 5000 m race walk
The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athl ...
: 20:12.24 ( Rieti
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, 2 August 2003). Record
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An item or collection of data Computing
* Record (computer science), a data structure
** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity
** Boot sector or boot record, ...
held until 18 May 2014 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi
Eleonora Giorgi (born 21 October 1953) is an Italian actress.
Biography
Giorgi was born in Rome. Her father was of Italian and English origin. Her mother was of Italian and Hungarian origin.
She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo ...
with 20.01.80)
Achievements
National titles
Perrone won 9 national championships at individual senior level.
*Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, ...
**5000 m walk (track): 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003 (4)
**10,000 m walk (track): 1994, 1995 (2)
**20 km: 2001 (1)
*Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition ...
**3000 m walk: 1998, 2003 (2)
See also
* Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists
* Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
Italian female racewalkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
Sportspeople from the Province of Biella
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
World Athletics Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Vercelli
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games