Valentina Trapletti (born 12 July 1985) is a female racewalker from Italy, who participated at three World championships and won seven national titles. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 20 km walk. [1]
 Trapletti in 2016 | ||||||||||||
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| National team | Italy (15 caps) | |||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1985 Magenta | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Racewalking | |||||||||||
| Club | C.S. Esercito | |||||||||||
| Coached by | Enzo Fiorillo | |||||||||||
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Biography edit
She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the IAAF World Championships of Berlin 2009 and London 2017.[2] His best season was 2009, when she was 24 years old, was 6th at the Universiade of Belgrade and 16th at the World Championships in Berlin, setting up her Personal Best at the all two occasions. She also won two silver medals (in 2015 and 2017) in team rankings of the European Race Walking Cup. In 2018, she competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[3] She finished in 9th place.[3]
Achievements edit
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 2009 | Universiade |  Beograd
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6th | 20 km walk | 1:36.32 | PB |
| World Championships |  Berlin
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16th | 20 km walk | 1:35:33 | PB | |
| 2017 | World Championships |  London
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15th | 20 km walk | 1:30:35 | PB |
| 2019 | World Championships |  Doha
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17th | 20 km walk | 1:38:22 |
National titles edit
She won 8 national championships at senior level.[4]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 10 km walk: road: 2016 (1)
- 20 km walk: road: 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 (5)
- 5000 m walk indoor: 2020, 2021 (2)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Athletics TRAPLETTI Valentina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Mondiali: Italia Team a Londra con 36 azzurri" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
External links edit
- Valentina Trapletti at World Athletics
- Valentina Trapletti at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Valentina Trapletti at Olympics.com
- Valentina Trapletti at Olympedia
- Valentina Trapletti at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
