Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker)

Eleonora Giorgi
Giorgi in 2015 in Murcia
Personal information
Full nameEleonora Anna Giorgi
NationalityItalian
Born (1989-09-14) 14 September 1989 (age 35)
Milan, Italy
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
ClubFiamme Azzurre[1]
Coached byGiovanni Perricelli
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 20 km walk: 1:29:48 (2012)
  • 50 km walk: 4:04:50 (2019)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 0 1
World Race Walking Cup 0 1 0
European Race Walking Team C'ships 2 3 1
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
Total 3 4 2
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 50 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Taicang 20 km walk (team)
European Race Walking Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Alytus 50 km walk
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poděbrady 35 km walk (team)
Silver medal – second place 2015 Murcia 20 km walk
Silver medal – second place 2015 Murcia 20 km walk (team)
Silver medal – second place 2021 Poděbrady 35 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Alytus 50 km walk (team)
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin 20 km walk

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 Event Time Notes
Youth level
2008 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Russia Cheboksary 27th 10 km 49:44
World Junior Championships Poland Bydgoszcz 18th 10,000m 47:58.68
2009 European U23 Championships Lithuania Kaunas 11th 20 km walk 1:39:42
Senior level
2011 European Race Walking Cup Portugal Olhão 28th 20 km 1:38:29
European U23 Championships Czech Republic Ostrava 4th 20 km walk 1:38:41
2012 World Race Walking Cup China Saransk 14th 20 km walk 1:32:57 PB
World Race Walking Challenge Spain A Coruña 6th 20 km walk 1:31:18 PB
Olympic Games United Kingdom London 14th 20 km walk 1:29:48 PB
2013 European Race Walking Cup Slovakia Dudince 6th 20 km 1:32:09
Mediterranean Games Turkey Mersin 1st 20 km walk 1:39.13
World Championships Russia Moscow 10th 20 km walk 1:30:01 SB
2014 World Race Walking Cup China Taicang 5th 20 km 1:27:05
2015 European Race Walking Cup Spain Murcia 2nd 20 km 1:26:17
2nd 20 km – Team 30 pts
World Championships China Beijing DSQ 20 km walk -
2018 Race Walking Team Championships China Taicang 2nd 20 km – Team 38 pts
2019 European Race Walking Cup Lithuania Alytus 1st 50 km 4:04:50 AR
3rd 50 km – Team 50 pts
World Championships Qatar Doha 3rd 50 km 4:29:13

National titles

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Giovanni Pellielo ...e sono quattro!" (PDF). poliziapenitenziaria.it (in Italian). 12 September 2016. p. 22. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Athletics - GIORGI Eleonora Anna". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Eleonora Giorgi nella storia: record mondiale dei 5 km di marcia in pista". atleticalive.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Marcia: Rubino quarto a La Coruna, Giorgi sesta nello IAAF Race Walking Challenge". olimpiadi.blogosfere.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Doha, 50 km di gioia: Giorgi bronzo mondiale!". olimpiadi.blogosfere.it (in Italian). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019. È legata sentimentalmente a un azzurro della marcia, Matteo Giupponi.
  6. ^ "Milano, Giorgi premiata per il record". fidal.it (in Italian). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  7. ^ "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Eleonora Giorgi - Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Campionati Italiani Assoluti Trieste 2017 Marcia Donne". marcia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2018.