Gisella Orsini (born 8 December 1971) is a
Swiss
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writer and former
racewalker
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. She won a silver medal with the
Italian team at the
World Race Walking Cup.
Biography
At the end of her career as an athlete she started writing, winning prizes with her books, such as in 2016 for ''Veleno nelle gole'' (''Poison in the throats'') and with subsequent ones.
Achievements
National titles
*
Italian Athletics Championships
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The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in ...
**
20 km walk: 2006, 2007
See also
*
Italian team at the running events
*
Italy at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup
*
Italy at the European Race Walking Cup
References
External links
*
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1971 births
Living people
Italian writers
Italian women writers
Italian female race walkers
Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Sportspeople from Geneva
Italian Athletics Championships winners