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]

Valentina Trapletti
Trapletti in 2016
Personal information
National teamItaly (15 caps)
Born (1985-07-12) 12 July 1985 (age 39)
Magenta, Italy
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
ClubC.S. Esercito
Coached byEnzo Fiorillo
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 10000 m walk: 44:04.94 (2017)
  • 20 km walk: 1:29:47 (2022)
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome 20 km walk
European Race Walking Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Murcia 20 km walk Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Poděbrady 20 km walk Team

Biography

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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

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2009 Universiade   Beograd 6th 20 km walk 1:36.32 PB
World Championships   Berlin 16th 20 km walk 1:35:33 PB
2017 World Championships   London 15th 20 km walk 1:30:35 PB
2019 World Championships   Doha 17th 20 km walk 1:38:22

National titles

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She won 8 national championships at senior level.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics TRAPLETTI Valentina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Mondiali: Italia Team a Londra con 36 azzurri". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Final results" (PDF). european-athletics.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  4. ^ "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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