Stefano Chiesa

Stefano Chiesa
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 28)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
EventRace walking

Stefano Chiesa (born 25 May 1996) is an Italian athlete who specialises in race walking.[1]

From Verbania, he had achieved the Olympic qualifying standard for the 50 km race walk in October 2019 in the Tilburg 50 km, with a time of 3:48:25. In November 2019 however, he injured a metatarsal in a national training camp in Tuscany.[2] The time he recorded was described as remarkable as it was 23 minutes faster than his previous best time of 4:11:07.[3] Chiesa was named in the Italian squad for the World Race Walking Championships in 2022 held in Muscat.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Stefano CHIESA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ TOMOLA, ARIANNA (2020-04-03). "Il marciatore di Verbania Stefano Chiesa: "A Tokyo più forte dopo l'infortunio, il rinvio dei Giochi mi può aiutare"". www.lastampa.it. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11.
  3. ^ "Tilburg: Stefano Chiesa migliora 23 minuti sui 50km: è minimo per Tokyo!". October 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Italy names a squad of 22 athletes to compete in World Race Walking Team Championships in Muscat". athleticshour.com. 2022-02-03. Archived from the original on 2022-07-22.