Vincenza Calì Explained

Sport:Athletics
Event:Sprint
Club:G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Birth Date:1983 10, df=y
Birth Place:Palermo, Italy
Weight:63kg (139lb)
Pb:
  • 100 m: 11.35 (2008)
  • 200 m: 22.98 (2008)
Country: Italy

Vincenza Calì (born 15 October 1983) is an Italian former track and field sprint athlete.[1]

She won three medals at the senior level with the national relay team at the International athletics competitions.[2]

Biography

She represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Anita Pistone, Giulia Arcioni, and Audrey Alloh. In their first-round heat they were disqualified and eliminated from the final.[1] She won two medals at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara. She has 11 caps in national team from 2001 to 2008.[3]

She was engaged to the Italy national football team goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon.[4]

National records

National titles

Calì has won the individual national championship 7 times.[5] [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete biography: Vincenza Cali' . Beijing2008.cn . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080905233931/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/207851.shtml . 2008-09-05 . 30 August 2008.
  2. Web site: PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE. sportolimpico.it. 12 December 2012.
  3. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
  4. Web site: Vincenza e Gigi: fine di un amore. tgcom24.mediaset.it. it. 29 November 2012.
  5. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012. sportolimpico.it. 12 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf. 24 December 2012. dead.
  6. Web site: ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 12 February 2013.