Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Explained

Full Name:Maria Benedicta Chigbolu
Nationality:Italian
Sport:Track and field
Event:Sprint
Club:G.S. Esercito
Birth Date:1989 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Country: Italy
Coach:Maria Chiara Milardi
Weight:55kg (121lb)

Maria Benedicta Chigbolu (born 27 July 1989)[1] is an Italian sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 4 × 400 m relay.[2]

Biography

Maria Chigbolu was born in Rome to an Italian mother and a Nigerian father. She has five siblings. Her grandfather Julius Chigbolu was a Nigerian athlete, who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and later became president of Athletics Federation of Nigeria. She is engaged with the Italian sprinter Matteo Galvan.[3]

Career

Besides medals in the 400 metres and relays from the 2013 and 2018 Mediterranean Games, Chigbolu won a bronze in the individual event at the 2016 European Championships.

She was a member of the 2016 Olympics squad, which set the Italian national record at the 4x400 metres with a time of 3:25.16 sec.

Chigbolu took bronze medals at the 2019 World Relays, and at the 2019 European Team Championships (400 m and).

At the Italian Championships, she won 1 time in the 400 metres (2017), 8 times in the relay, and twice in the indoor relays .

Achievements

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkeybgcolor=silver2nd400 m52.66
bgcolor=gold1st3.32.44
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia (final)170.6
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland7th3:31.31
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic(heats)400 m54.17
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China(heats)400 m52.48
(heats)3:27.07SB
DécaNationParis, France5th400 m52.81[4]
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands(semifinals)400 m52.69
3rd3:27.49SB
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil(heats)400 m52.06
5th3.27.05(h)
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia4th3:32.87
European Team ChampionshipsLille, France4th400 m52.36
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom(heats)400 m53.00
(heats)3:27.81SB
2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain3rd400 m52.14
bgcolor=gold1st3:28.08
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany(semifinals)400 m52.26
5th3:28.62
2019IAAF World RelaysYokohama, Japan3rd3:27.74SB
European Team ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland3rd400 m52.19
3rd3:27.32SB
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar(heats)400 m52.63
(heats)3:27.57

National individual competitions

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 2021. Maria Benedicta Chigbolu. it. Fidal.it. FIDAL. 2021-06-17.
  2. Web site: Athletics - CHIGBOLU Maria Benedicta. dead. 2021-09-19. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929205914/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1297240-chigbolu-maria-benedicta.htm.
  3. Web site: FQ. 2018-07-02. Giochi del Mediterraneo, chi sono le ragazze medaglia d'oro nella staffetta 4×400 diventate un simbolo sui social. 2018-07-03. il Fatto Quotidiano. it. Reclutata nell’Esercito, ora si allena a Rieti ed è fidanzata con un quattrocentista, Matteo Galvan..
  4. Web site: DécaNation 2015 – Results. 2021-06-18. bases.athle.fr. French Athletics Federation. fr.