Italian race walker (born 1980)
Elisa Rigaudo (born 17 June 1980) is an Italian race walker from Cuneo .
She won eight medals, seven of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions .[ 1]
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.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
In 2002, she received a public warning for high levels of caffeine in her doping sample.[ 5] She came third at the 2012 Memorial Mario Albisetti , finishing behind Russia's Tatyana Sibileva .[ 6]
Progression
20 km walk
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Italy
1998
World Junior Championships
Annecy , France
7th
5000m walk
22:07.21
1999
European Junior Championships
Riga , Latvia
6th
5000m walk
22:17.68
2001
European U23 Championships
Amsterdam , Netherlands
1st
20 km walk
1:29:54
Universiade
Beijing , China
–
10 km
DNF
2002
World Race Walking Cup
Turin , Italy
16th
20 km walk
1:33:38
2nd
Team - 20 km
26 pts
2003
European Race Walking Cup
Cheboksary , Russia
13th
20 km
1:31:18
1st
Team - 20 km
27 pts
World Championships
Paris , France
10th
20 km walk
1:30:34
2004
Olympic Games
Athens , Greece
6th
20 km walk
1:29:57
World Race Walking Cup
Naumburg , Germany
5th
20 km walk
1:27:49
2005
European Race Walking Cup
Miskolc , Hungary
3rd
20 km walk
1:29:26
2nd
Team - 20 km
26 pts
World Championships
Helsinki , Finland
7th
20 km walk
1:29:52
Mediterranean Games
Almería , Spain
1st
20 km walk
1:32:44
2006
European Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
3rd
20 km walk
1:28:37
World Race Walking Cup
A Coruña , Spain
10th
20 km walk
1:29:37
2007
European Race Walking Cup
Royal Leamington Spa , United Kingdom
4th
20 km
1:29:15
World Championships
Osaka , Japan
—
20 km walk
2008
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
3rd
20 km walk
1:27:12
World Race Walking Cup
Cheboksary , Russia
20th
20 km walk
1:32:38
2009
World Championships
Berlin , Germany
9th
20 km walk
1:31:52
2011
European Race Walking Cup
Olhão , Portugal
3rd
20 km walk
1:30:55
World Championships
Daegu , South Korea
2nd[ 7]
20 km walk
1:30:44
2012
World Race Walking Cup
Saransk , Russia
7th
20 km
1:31:25
Olympic Games
London , United Kingdom
7th
20 km walk
1:27:36
2013
European Race Walking Cup
Dudince , Slovakia
—
20 km
DNF
World Championships
Moscow , Russia
3rd
20 km walk
1:28.41
2015
European Race Walking Cup
Murcia , Spain
8th
20 km
1:28:01
2nd
Team - 20 km
30 pts
World Championships
Beijing , China
—
20 km walk
DQ
2016
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
11th
20 km walk
1:31:04
National titles
Elisa Rigaudo has won 13 times the individual national championship .[ 8] [ 9]
See also
References
External links
Related
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