Giuliana Salce
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||
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June 16, 1955 Rome, Italy | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||
| Club | CUS Roma | |||||||||||||||
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Giuliana Salce (born June 16, 1955 in Rome) is a retired female race walker from Italy. Her greatest achievement was the 1985 World Indoor gold medal.
In her career she set three world records in the beginning of the women's racewalking.
Biography
She won three medal, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1] She has 17 caps in national team from 1979 to 1987.[2]
After her career in athletics, she tried to go cycling master, but after some time has been involved in an ugly story of doping, after the inevitable disqualification is taken the complaint to the person who was involved and the publication of a book, Dalla vita inn giù, 2011.[3]
World record
- Outdoor
- Indoor
- 3 km walk: 12:31:57 ( Florence, 6 February 1985)
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1983 | World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway | 18th | 10 km | |
| 1985 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 3 km | |
| 1987 | European Indoor Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 3 km | |
| World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | 3 km | ||
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 18th | 10 km |
National championships
Giuliana Salce has won 4 times the individual national championship.[4][5]
- 1 win in the 10 km walk (1984)
- 7 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
References
- ↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ↑ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ↑ "Dalla vita in giù - Diario di una donna in marcia". .bookdepository.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ↑ "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ↑ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
External links
- Giuliana Salce profile at IAAF
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