Stefano Chiesa (born 25 May 1996) is an Italian athlete who specialises in race walking.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 25 May 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event | Race walking |
From Verbania, he had achieved the Olympic qualifying standard for the 50 km race walk in October 2019 in the Tilburg 50 km, with a time of 3:48:25. In November 2019 however, he injured a metatarsal in a national training camp in Tuscany.[2] The time he recorded was described as remarkable as it was 23 minutes faster than his previous best time of 4:11:07.[3] Chiesa was named in the Italian squad for the World Race Walking Championships in 2022 held in Muscat.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Stefano CHIESA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Il marciatore di Verbania Stefano Chiesa: "A Tokyo più forte dopo l'infortunio, il rinvio dei Giochi mi può aiutare"". www.lastampa.it.
- ^ "Tilburg: Stefano Chiesa migliora 23 minuti sui 50km: è minimo per Tokyo!". October 7, 2019.
- ^ https://athleticshour.com/italy-names-a-squad-of-22-athletes-to-compete-in-world-race-walking-team-championships-in-muscat/
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