Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker) explained

Fullname:Eleonora Anna Giorgi
Nationality:Italian
Birth Date:1989 9, df=y
Birth Place:Milan, Italy
Height:1.63 m
Weight:52 kg
Country:Italy
Sport:Athletics
Event:Racewalking
Club:Fiamme Azzurre[1]
Residence:Cabiate, Italy-->
Coach:Giovanni Perricelli
Pb:
  • 20 km walk: 1:29:48 (2012)

Eleonora Anna Giorgi (born 14 September 1989) is an Italian race walker bronze medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 20 km walk. [2]

She is the 5000 metres race walk (outdoor, track) world record holder with the time of 20:01.80 sets on 18 May 2014 in Misterbianco.[3]

Biography

On 9 June 2012 in A Coruña, one leg of IAAF Race Walking Gran Prix 2012 she obtained the "standard A" for 2012 Summer Olympics, on 13 March at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Saransk (Russia) she ranked 14th, matching the other FIDAL requirement (classify among the first 20 athletes) for FIDAL).[4] On 6 July 2012 she won the race in Bressanone walking 10 km in 45 min 19 sec and received the gold medal.

On 29 September 2019 she won the bronze medal at the first edition of the 50 km race walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, race held at night from 11 pm to 3 am the following morning, to try to alleviate the strong heat. She is engaged to the Italian racewalker Matteo Giupponi.[5]

Statistics

World records

European records

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position EventTimeNotes
Youth level
2008World Race Walking Cup (U20) Cheboksary27th10 km49:44
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz18th10,000m47:58.68
2009European U23 Championships Kaunas11th 20 km walk1:39:42
Senior level
2011European Race Walking Cup Olhão28th20 km1:38:29
European U23 Championships Ostrava4th20 km walk1:38:41
2012World Race Walking Cup Saransk14th 20 km walk1:32:57
World Race Walking Challenge A Coruña6th 20 km walk1:31:18
Olympic Games London14th 20 km walk
2013European Race Walking Cup Dudince6th20 km1:32:09
Mediterranean Games Mersinbgcolor=gold1st20 km walk1:39.13
World Championships Moscow10th20 km walk
2014World Race Walking Cup Taicang5th20 km1:27:05
2015European Race Walking Cup Murciabgcolor=silver2nd20 km1:26:17
bgcolor=silver2nd20 km – Team30 pts
Beijing20 km walk-
2018Race Walking Team Championships Taicangbgcolor=silver2nd20 km – Team38 pts
2019European Race Walking Cup Alytusbgcolor=gold1st50 km4:04:50
3rd50 km – Team50 pts
World Championships Doha3rd50 km4:29:13

National titles

Giorgi won seven national championships at individual senior level.[7] [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giovanni Pellielo ...e sono quattro!. 22. poliziapenitenziaria.it. it. 12 September 2016. 8 August 2015.
  2. Web site: Athletics - GIORGI Eleonora Anna. dead. 2021-09-19. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726104858/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1295014-giorgi-eleonora-anna.htm . 26 July 2021 .
  3. Web site: Eleonora Giorgi nella storia: record mondiale dei 5 km di marcia in pista. atleticalive.it. it. 14 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Marcia: Rubino quarto a La Coruna, Giorgi sesta nello IAAF Race Walking Challenge. olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. it. 15 June 2012. 13 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120613191938/http://olimpiadi.blogosfere.it/2012/06/marcia-rubino-quarto-a-la-coruna-giorgi-sesta-nello-iaaf-race-walking-challenge.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Doha, 50 km di gioia: Giorgi bronzo mondiale!. È legata sentimentalmente a un azzurro della marcia, Matteo Giupponi.. olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. it. 29 September 2019. 29 September 2019.
  6. Web site: Milano, Giorgi premiata per il record. fidal.it. it. 13 June 2019. 15 June 2019.
  7. Web site: TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020. sportolimpico.it. 15 March 2021.
  8. Web site: ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 15 March 2021.
  9. Web site: Eleonora Giorgi - Biografia. fidal.it. it. 2 April 2021.
  10. Web site: Campionati Italiani Assoluti Trieste 2017 Marcia Donne. marcia.it. it. 25 September 2018.