Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker)

Eleonora Anna Giorgi (born 14 September 1989) is an Italian race walker bronze medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 20 km walk.^[2]

Eleonora Giorgi

Giorgi in 2015 in Murcia
Personal information
Full name	Eleonora Anna Giorgi
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1989-09-14) 14 September 1989 (age 35) Milan, Italy
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Club	Fiamme Azzurre[1]
Coached by	Giovanni Perricelli
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	20 km walk: 1:29:48 (2012) 50 km walk: 4:04:50 (2019)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 0 1 World Race Walking Cup 0 1 0 European Race Walking Team C'ships 2 3 1 Mediterranean Games 1 0 0 Total 3 4 2 World Championships 2019 Doha 50 km walk World Race Walking Cup 2018 Taicang 20 km walk (team) European Race Walking Team Championships 2019 Alytus 50 km walk 2021 Poděbrady 35 km walk (team) 2015 Murcia 20 km walk 2015 Murcia 20 km walk (team) 2021 Poděbrady 35 km walk 2019 Alytus 50 km walk (team) Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin 20 km walk

She is the 5000 metres race walk (outdoor, track) world record holder with the time of 20:01.80 sets on 18 May 2014 in Misterbianco.^[3]

Biography

On 9 June 2012 in A Coruña, one leg of IAAF Race Walking Gran Prix 2012 she obtained the "standard A" for 2012 Summer Olympics, on 13 March 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).^[4] On 6 July 2012 she won the race in Bressanone walking 10 km in 45 min 19 sec and received the gold medal.

On 29 September 2019 she won the bronze medal at the first edition of the 50 km race walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, race held at night from 11 pm to 3 am the following morning, to try to alleviate the strong heat. She is engaged to the Italian racewalker Matteo Giupponi.^[5]

Statistics

World records

• 5000 metres race walk (track): 20:01.80 ( Misterbianco, 18 May 2014) – current holder

European records

• 50 km walk (road): 4:04:50 ( Alytus, 19 May 2019) – current holder.^[6]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
Youth level
2008	World Race Walking Cup (U20)	Cheboksary	27th	10 km	49:44
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz	18th	10,000m	47:58.68
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas	11th	20 km walk	1:39:42
Senior level
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão	28th	20 km	1:38:29
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava	4th	20 km walk	1:38:41
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk	14th	20 km walk	1:32:57	PB
	World Race Walking Challenge	A Coruña	6th	20 km walk	1:31:18	PB
	Olympic Games	London	14th	20 km walk	1:29:48	PB
2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince	6th	20 km	1:32:09
	Mediterranean Games	Mersin	1st	20 km walk	1:39.13
	World Championships	Moscow	10th	20 km walk	1:30:01	SB
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang	5th	20 km	1:27:05
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia	2nd	20 km	1:26:17
			2nd	20 km – Team	30 pts
	World Championships	Beijing	DSQ	20 km walk	-
2018	Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang	2nd	20 km – Team	38 pts
2019	European Race Walking Cup	Alytus	1st	50 km	4:04:50	AR
			3rd	50 km – Team	50 pts
	World Championships	Doha	3rd	50 km	4:29:13

National titles

Giorgi won seven national championships at individual senior level.^[7][8]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 10 km (road): 2012, 2019 (2)
  • 20 km (road): 2021 (1)^[9]
  • 35 km (road): 2021 (1)^[9]
  • 10,000 m (track): 2017 (1)^[10]
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 3000 m race walk: 2012, 2014 (2)

See also

• Italy at the European Race Walking Cup – Multiple medalists
• Italian all-time lists – 20 km walk
• Italian all-time lists – 50 km walk
• List of world records in athletics
• List of European records in athletics
• List of Italian records in athletics
• Italian team at the running events

References

1. "Giovanni Pellielo ...e sono quattro!" (PDF). poliziapenitenziaria.it (in Italian). 12 September 2016. p. 22. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
2. "Athletics - GIORGI Eleonora Anna". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
3. "Eleonora Giorgi nella storia: record mondiale dei 5 km di marcia in pista". atleticalive.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 September 2017.
4. "Marcia: Rubino quarto a La Coruna, Giorgi sesta nello IAAF Race Walking Challenge". olimpiadi.blogosfere.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
5. "Doha, 50 km di gioia: Giorgi bronzo mondiale!". olimpiadi.blogosfere.it (in Italian). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019. È legata sentimentalmente a un azzurro della marcia, Matteo Giupponi.
6. "Milano, Giorgi premiata per il record". fidal.it (in Italian). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
7. "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
8. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
9. "Eleonora Giorgi - Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
10. "Campionati Italiani Assoluti Trieste 2017 Marcia Donne". marcia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2018.

External links

• Eleonora Anna Giorgi at World Athletics
• Eleonora Anna Giorgi at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Eleonora Anna Giorgi at Olympics.com
• Eleonora Anna Giorgi at Olympedia
• Eleonora Anna Giorgi at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Eleonora Anna Giorgi at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Eleonora Anna Giorgi – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)