Gloria Hooper (athlete)
![]() Gloria Hooper in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National team | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Villafranca di Verona, Italy | 3 March 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Centro Sportivo Carabinieri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Renzo Chemello | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gloria Hooper (born 3 March 1992) is a Ghanaian-Italian sprinter who won a silver medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.[1] She won seven times the national championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m.[2]
Biography[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Gloria_Hooper_2019.jpg/200px-Gloria_Hooper_2019.jpg)
Hooper at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.
Born in Villafranca di Verona, her parents arrived in Italy from Ghana in Naples in 1985.[3]
National records[]
- 4×100 m relay: 42.90 (
Doha, 4 October 2019), she ran second leg in the team with Johanelis Herrera, Anna Bongiorni, Irene Siragusa - current holder[4]
Personal bests[]
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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2010 | World Junior Championships | ![]() |
32nd (h) | 200m | 24.74 | (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
2011 | European Junior Championships | ![]() |
7th | 200 m | 23.95 | [6] |
2nd | 4x100 m relay | 44.52 | ![]() | |||
2012 | European Championships | ![]() |
Semi-Finals | DSQ | - | [7] |
2013 | European U23 Championships | ![]() |
3rd | 200m | 23.24 | (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.86 | ||||
2015 | World Championships | ![]() |
16th (sf) | 200 m | 22.92 | |
12th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.22 | ||||
2017 | European Indoor Championships | ![]() |
10th (sf) | 60 m | 7.34 | |
IAAF World Relays | ![]() |
– | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | ||
2019 | World Championships | ![]() |
32nd (heat) | 200 m | 23.33 | |
7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.98 | [8] | |||
2021 | World Relays | ![]() |
1st | 4×100 m relay | 43.79 | SB |
National titles[]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 100 metres: 2013, 2015, 2016 (3)
- 200 metres: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 (4)
See also[]
- 2020 in 100 metres
- Italian all-time lists - 100 metres
- Italian all-time lists - 200 metres
- Italian all-time lists - 4x100 metres relay
- Italy at the 2012 European Athletics Championships
References[]
- ^ "NOC Medallist by Sport - Italy". tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Athletics HOOPER Gloria - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "LA SQUADRA ITALIANA – CAMPIONATI MONDIALI JUNIORES 2010 - Gloria Hooper" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 21 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Doha: doppia 4x100 da record, azzurre in finale" (in Italian). fidal.it. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Rieti: clamoroso PB di Hooper (-10 cc!) sui 100 metri e anche Bongiorni vola" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "21st European Athletics Junior Championships - All results". tilastopaja.org. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ She ran 22.95, her personal best and A-standard for 2012 Olympic Games, in heats.
- ^ She ran with the team 42.90 NR in semifinal.
External links[]
- Gloria Hooper at World Athletics
- Gloria Hooper at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Gloria Hooper at Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Gloria Hooper at Diamond League
- Gloria Hooper at Olympics.com
- Gloria Hooper at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Italian female sprinters
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- People from Villafranca di Verona
- Italian people of Ghanaian descent
- Italian sportspeople of African descent
- Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic female sprinters