Gloria Hooper (athlete) explained

National Team:	Italy
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint
Club:	Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Coach:	Renzo Chemello
Birth Date:	1992 3, df=yes
Birth Place:	Villafranca di Verona, Italy
Weight:	63kg (139lb)
Pb:	100 m: 11.24 (2021) 200 m: 22.89 (2016)

Gloria Hooper (born 3 March 1992) is an Italian sprinter who won a silver medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.^[1] She won seven times the national championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m.^[2]

Biography

Born in Villafranca di Verona, her parents arrived in Naples from Ghana in 1985.^[3]

National records

• 4 × 100 m relay: 42.90 ( Doha, 4 October 2019), she ran second leg in the team with Johanelis Herrera, Anna Bongiorni, Irene Siragusa – current holder^[4]

Personal bests

• 100 metres: 11.24 +1.5 ( Rieti, 22 May 2021)^[5]
• 200 metres: 22.89 +1.4 ( Rieti, 26 June 2016)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton	32nd (h)	200m	24.74	(wind: +0.5 m/s)
2011	European Junior Championships		7th	200 m	23.95	^[6]
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.52	(junior)
2012	European Championships		Semi-Finals		–	^[7]
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere	3rd	200m	23.24	(wind: -0.5 m/s)
	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.86
2015	World Championships	Beijing	16th (sf)	200 m	22.92
	12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.22
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	10th (sf)	60 m	7.34
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2019	World Championships	Doha	32nd (heat)	200 m	23.33
	7th	4 × 100 m relay	42.98	^[8]
2021	World Relays	Chorzów	bgcolor=gold	1st	4×100 m relay	43.79

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 100 metres: 2013, 2015, 2016 (3)
  • 200 metres: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 (4)

See also

• 2020 in 100 metres
• Italian all-time lists – 100 metres
• Italian all-time lists – 200 metres
• Italian all-time lists – 4 × 100 metres relay
• Italy at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

Notes and References

1. Web site: NOC Medallist by Sport – Italy. tarragona2018.cat. 30 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180928093240/http://results.tarragona2018.cat/en/ALL/medals/noc/ITA. 28 September 2018. dead.
2. Web site: Athletics - HOOPER Gloria. dead. 2021-09-19. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 14 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211014024546/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1299096-hooper-gloria.htm.
3. Web site: LA SQUADRA ITALIANA – CAMPIONATI MONDIALI JUNIORES 2010 - Gloria Hooper. it. fidal.it. 21 June 2012.
4. Web site: Doha: doppia 4x100 da record, azzurre in finale. it. fidal.it. 4 October 2019. 5 October 2019.
5. Web site: Rieti: clamoroso PB di Hooper (-10 cc!) sui 100 metri e anche Bongiorni vola. atleticalive.it. it. 22 May 2021. 27 May 2021.
6. Web site: 21st European Athletics Junior Championships – All results. tilastopaja.org. 21 June 2012.
7. She ran 22.95, her personal best and A-standard for 2012 Olympic Games, in heats.
8. She ran with the team 42.90 NR in semifinal.