Elisabetta Perrone

Perrone in a race walk competition in Biella in 1993.
Personal information
Born	(1968-07-09) 9 July 1968 (age 55) Camburzano, Biella, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Club	G.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	10 km: 41:56 (1993) 20 km: 1:27:09 (2001)
Medal record Individual Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 0 1 1 Mediterranean Games 1 1 0 European Race Walking Cup 0 2 1 Total 1 5 2 Team Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Race Walking Cup 1 4 0 European Race Walking Cup 3 2 0 Total 4 6 0 Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 10 km walk World Championships 1995 Gothenburg 10 km walk 2001 Edmonton 20 km walk

Elisabetta Perrone (born 9 July 1968) is a former race walker from Italy who won eighteen medals, eight of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1]

Biography

Elisabetta Perrone won six medals, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1] She participated at four editions of the Summer Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004), she has 39 caps in sixteen years in national team from 1981 to 2004.^[2]

National records

• 20 km race walk: 1:27:09 ( Dudince, 19 May 2001). Record held until 17 May 2015 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi with 1:26:17)
• 5000 m race walk: 20:12.24 ( Rieti, 2 August 2003).^[3] Record held until 18 May 2014 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi with 20.01.80)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	19th	10 km	46:43
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	10th	10 km	46:49
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	4th	10 km	43:26
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	10 km	43:47
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, China	6th	10 km	43:13
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	10 km	42:16
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	2nd	10 km	42:12
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	10th	10,000 m	45:16.64
	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	1st	10 km	44:40
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th	10 km	44:04
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	21st	20 km	1:36:24
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	2nd	20 km	1:27:42
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	—	20 km	DSQ
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	3rd	20 km	1:27:09
	Mediterranean Games	Tunis, Tunisia	2nd	20 km	1:36:47
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	20 km	1:28:56
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	20 km	1:30:25
2003	European Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	2nd	20 km	1:27:58
	World Championships	Paris, France	—	20 km	DNF
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	18th	20 km	1:32:21

National titles

Perrone won 9 national championships at individual senior level.

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 5000 m walk (track): 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003 (4)^[4]
  • 10,000 m walk (track): 1994, 1995 (2)^[5]
  • 20 km: 2001 (1)
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 3000 m walk: 1998, 2003 (2)^[4][6]