Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker)

Eleonora Giorgi

Eleonora Giorgi, in 2012 after the victory at the National University Championships in Messina.
Personal information
Full name	Eleonora Anna Giorgi
Nationality	Italian
Born	September 14, 1989 Milan, Italy
Residence	Cabiate, Italy
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Race walk
Club	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Coached by	Serhiy Derkach
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	20 km walk: 1:29:48 (2012)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin 20 km walk

Eleonora Anna Giorgi (born 14 September 1989 in Milan) is an Italian race walker.

Biography

She has two caps in the Italy national athletics team.^[1]

On June 9, 2012 in A Coruna, one leg of IAAF Race Walking Gran Prix 2012 she obtained the "standard A" for 2012 Summer Olympics, on March 13 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).^[2] On 6 July 2012 she won the race in Bressanone walking 10 km in 45 min 19 sec and received the gold medal.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
2008	World Race Walking Cup (U20)	Cheboksary, Russia	27th	10 km	49:44
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18th	10,000m	47:58.68
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	11th	20 km walk	1:39:42
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	28th	20 km	1:38:29
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	4th	20 km walk	1:38:41
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	14th	20 km walk	1:32:57
	World Race Walking Challenge	La Coruña, Spain	6th	20 km walk	1:31:18
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	14th	20 km walk	1:29:48
2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	6th	20 km	1:32:09
	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	20 km walk	1:39.13
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	10th	20 km walk	1:30:01
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	5th	20 km	1:27:05
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	2nd	20 km	1:26:17
			2nd	20 km - Team	30 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	—	20 km walk	DQ

National Champions

She has won 3 times the individual national championship.

• 1 win in 10 km race walk (2012)
• 2 wins in 3000 m race walk indoor (2012, 2014)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk

References

1. "Eleonora Anna Giorgi" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
2. "Marcia: Rubino quarto a La Coruna, Giorgi sesta nello IAAF Race Walking Challenge" (in Italian). olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. Retrieved 15 June 2012.

External links

• Eleonora Giorgi profile at IAAF
• Eleonora Anna Giorgi at Sports Reference
• Athlete profile at FIDAL web site