Elisa Rigaudo
Elisa Rigaudo (born 17 June 1980) is an Italian race walker from Cuneo.
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| Born | 17 June 1980 Cuneo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 20 km walk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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She won eight medals, seven of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
Biography
She is affiliated with the Fiamme Gialle Castelporziano sports club. Rigaudo represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She was the bronze medallist over 20 km at the 2011 European Race Walking Cup and went on to place fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, which was later upgraded to silver medal after disqualifications. In 2002, she received a public warning for high levels of caffeine in her doping sample. She came third at the 2012 Memorial Mario Albisetti, finishing behind Russia's Tatyana Sibileva.
Progression
- 20 km walk
| Year | Time | Venue | Date | World Rank |
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| 2012 | 1:27:36 |  London | 11 AUG | 11th |
| 2011 | 1:30:44 |  Daegu | 31 AUG | 30th |
| 2010 | stops due to maternity | |||
| 2009 | 1:29:04 | Sesto San Giovanni | 1 MAY | 15th |
| 2008 | 1:27:12 |  Beijing | 21 AUG | 8th |
| 2007 | 1:29:15 | Royal Leamington Spa | 20 MAY | 13th |
| 2006 | 1:28:37 |  Gothenburg | 9 AUG | 11th |
| 2005 | 1:29:26 |  Miskolc | 21 MAY | 26th |
| 2004 | 1:27:49 |  Naumburg | 2 MAY | 9th |
| 2003 | 1:30:34 |  Paris | 24 AUG | 33rd |
| 2002 | 1:30:43 |  Dublin | 15 JUN | 20th |
| 2001 | 1:29:54 |  Amsterdam | 15 JUL | 22nd |
| 2000 | 1:32:50 | Taranto | 19 MAR | 70th |
Achievements
National titles
Elisa Rigaudo has won 13 times the individual national championship.
- 2 wins in the 5000 m walk track (2004, 2007)
- 1 win in the 10 km walk (2013)
- 4 wins in the 20 km walk (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008)
- 6 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
See also
References
External links
- Elisa Rigaudo at World Athletics
- Elisa Rigaudo at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Elisa Rigaudo at Olympics.com
- Elisa Rigaudo at Olympedia
- Elisa Rigaudo at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
- Elisa Rigaudo at La marcia nel mondo (in Italian)
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