Rossella Giordano
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Born | Asti, Italy | December 1, 1972||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Azzurre | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Sandro Damilano | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rossella Giordano (born 1 December 1972 in Asti) is an Italian race walker.
Biography[]
Rossella Giordano won four silver medals, to senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1] She participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2004), she has 25 caps in national team from 1996 to 2008.[2]
National record[]
- 20000 metres walk (track): 1:30:48 (
Almada, 4 August 2000)
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 18th | 5000m | 23:53.80 |
1995 | World Race Walking Cup | Beijing, PR China | 7th | 10 km | 43:44 |
World Student Games | Fukuoka, Japan | 2nd | 10 km | 43:30 | |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6th | 10 km | 42:26 | |
1996 | European Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | 2nd | 10 km | 43:27 |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 5th | 10 km | 42:43 | |
1997 | World Race Walking Cup | Podebrady, Czech Republic | 5th | 10 km | 42:37 |
World Student Games | Catania, Italy | 2nd | 10 km | 44:31 | |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 27th | 20 km | 1:38:06 |
World Student Games | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 2nd | 10 km | 44:39 | |
2002 | World Race Walking Cup | Turin, Italy | 9th | 20 km | 1:31:10 |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 6th | 20 km | 1:29:14 |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 11th | 20 km | 1:30:39 |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 18th | 20 km | 1:33:56 |
National titles[]
She won three times the individual national championship.[3]
- 3 wins in the 10 km walk (1996, 1998)
- 1 win in the 5000 m walk track (2006)
See also[]
- Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists
- Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
References[]
- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
External links[]
- Rossella Giordano at World Athletics
- Rossella Giordano at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Rossella Giordano at Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Rossella Giordano at Olympics.com
- Rossella Giordano at Olympedia
- Rossella Giordano at RAI
- Rossella Giordano at Marcia nel mondo (in Italian)
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Italian female racewalkers
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Universiade silver medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade