Valentina Uccheddu Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Long jump
Club:	Atletica oristano
Birth Date:	1966 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Oristano, Italy
Weight:	45kg (99lb)
Pb:	Long jump: 6.80 m (1994) Triple jump: 12.32 m (1988)
Country:	Italy

Valentina Uccheddu (born 26 October 1966 in Oristano) is a retired Italian long jumper.

She briefly held the Italian record with 6.80 metres from Sestriere in 1994, but the same year Fiona May became an Italian citizen. May would later improve the Italian record to 7.11 m.

International competitions

Representing
1990		Split, Yugoslavia	9th	6.58 m (wind: -0.4 m/s)
1991		Seville, Spain	7th	6.58 m
	Mediterranean Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	6.52 m
1993		Stuttgart, Germany	12th	6.38 m
1994		Paris, France	4th	6.69 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th (q)	6.37 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
1995		Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	6.76 m

National titles

Valentina Uccheddu has won six times individually at the national championships.^{[1] [2]}

• 4 wins in long jump (1991, 1992, 1995, 1999)
• 2 wins in long jump indoor (1991, 1999)

See also

• Italian record progression women's long jump
• Italian all-time top lists - Long jump

Notes and References

1. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012. sportolimpico.it. 27 October 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf. 24 December 2012.
2. Web site: ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 7 November 2012.