Antonella Bevilacqua

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Antonella Bevilacqua
Antonella Bevilacqua.jpg
Bevilacqua in 1996
Personal information
National teamItaly: 29 caps (1991-2004)[1]
Born (1971-10-15) 15 October 1971 (age 50)
Foggia, Italy
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump
ClubSnam Gas Metano
Retired2007[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • High jump: 1.99 m (1996)
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari High jump

Antonella Bevilacqua (born 15 October 1971 in Foggia) is an Italian high jumper, whose personal best jump was 1.98 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Milan.[2]

Biography[]

In 1996 Bevilacqua tested positive for the prohibited substances ephedrine and pseudoephedrine twice during the same month. The IAAF decided to put the case to arbitration and allowed Bevilaqua to compete at that year's Olympic Games where she cleared 1.99m to finish 4th. However, after the games it was decided that a doping offence had been committed and her Olympic result was annulled.[3][4]

The athlete was however only disqualified for three months and was able to return to competitions already with the beginning of the 1997 indoor season in which he immediately won the national title.[5]

National records[]

  • High jump indoor: 1.98 m (Greece Athens, 24 February 1994) - record holder until 13 February 2007.[1]

Achievements[]

Year Competition Venue Rank Event Measure Notes
1989 European Junior Championships Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Varaždin 5th High jump 1.83 m
1990 World Junior Championships Bulgaria Plovdiv 8th High jump 1.81 m
1992 Olympic Games Spain Barcelona 22nd (q) High Jump 1.90 m [a]
1993 World Championships Germany Stuttgart 6th High jump 1.94 m PB
1994 European Championships Finland Helsinki 19th (q) High jump 1.85 m [a]
1996 Olympic Games United States Atlanta DISQ High jump 1.99 m [note 1]
1997 World Championships Greece Athens 7th High jump 1.93 m
Mediterranean Games Italy Bari 1st High jump 1.95 m
2003 World Championships France Paris 17th (q) High jump 1.85 m [a]
2004 World Indoor Championships Hungary Budapest 11th (q) High jump 1.90 m [a]

National titles[]

Antonella Bevilacqua has won 13 times the individual national championship.[6][7]

  • 6 wins in the high jump (1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003)
  • 7 wins in the high jump indoor (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004)

See also[]

  • Italian all-time top lists - High jump
  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d Results with a q indicate overall position in qualifying round.
  1. ^ Originally placed 4th but after the games it was determined that a doping offence had been committed and her Olympic result was annulled.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Antonella Bevilacqua - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ Lauri Tarasti: When can an athlete be punished for a doping offence? Procedural faults and the burden of proof
  4. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/19961127/96112700176.html
  5. ^ "Lewis e quel doping nascosto Graziato come tutti gli altri" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2021. Pagò la saltatrice in alto azzurra, Antonella Bevilacqua, quarta ai Giochi di Atlanta, ma cancellata e poi squalificata per tre mesi.
  6. ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  7. ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

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