Elisa Rigaudo

Elisa Rigaudo
Personal information
Born	17 June 1980 (age 43); Cuneo, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	20 km walk
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best	20 km: 1:27:12 (2008);
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Last updated January 17, 2024

Elisa Rigaudo (born 17 June 1980) is an Italian race walker from Cuneo.

Biography

She is affiliated with the Fiamme Gialle Castelporziano sports club. Rigaudo represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She was the bronze medallist over 20 km at the 2011 European Race Walking Cup and went on to place fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, which was later upgraded to silver medal after disqualifications.^[2]^[3]^[4] In 2002, she received a public warning for high levels of caffeine in her doping sample.^[5] She came third at the 2012 Memorial Mario Albisetti, finishing behind Russia's Tatyana Sibileva.^[6]

Progression

20 km walk

Year	Time	Venue	Date	World Rank
2012	1:27:36	London	11 AUG	11th
2011	1:30:44	Daegu	31 AUG	30th
2010	stops due to maternity
2009	1:29:04	Sesto San Giovanni	1 MAY	15th
2008	1:27:12	Beijing	21 AUG	8th
2007	1:29:15	Royal Leamington Spa	20 MAY	13th
2006	1:28:37	Gothenburg	9 AUG	11th
2005	1:29:26	Miskolc	21 MAY	26th
2004	1:27:49	Naumburg	2 MAY	9th
2003	1:30:34	Paris	24 AUG	33rd
2002	1:30:43	Dublin	15 JUN	20th
2001	1:29:54	Amsterdam	15 JUL	22nd
2000	1:32:50	Taranto	19 MAR	70th

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Italy
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	7th	5000m walk	22:07.21
1999	European Junior Championships	Riga, Latvia	6th	5000m walk	22:17.68
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	20 km walk	1:29:54
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	–	10 km	DNF
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	16th	20 km walk	1:33:38
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	2nd	Team - 20 km	26 pts
2003	European Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	13th	20 km	1:31:18
	European Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	1st	Team - 20 km	27 pts
	World Championships	Paris, France	10th	20 km walk	1:30:34
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	6th	20 km walk	1:29:57
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	5th	20 km walk	1:27:49
2005	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	3rd	20 km walk	1:29:26
	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	2nd	Team - 20 km	26 pts
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	20 km walk	1:29:52
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	1st	20 km walk	1:32:44
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	20 km walk	1:28:37
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	10th	20 km walk	1:29:37
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	4th	20 km	1:29:15
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	20 km walk	DNF
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	3rd	20 km walk	1:27:12
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	20th	20 km walk	1:32:38
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	9th	20 km walk	1:31:52
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	3rd	20 km walk	1:30:55
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	2nd^[7]	20 km walk	1:30:44
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	7th	20 km	1:31:25
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	7th	20 km walk	1:27:36
2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	—	20 km	DNF
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	20 km walk	1:28.41
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	8th	20 km	1:28:01
	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	2nd	Team - 20 km	30 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	—	20 km walk	DQ
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th	20 km walk	1:31:04

National titles

Elisa Rigaudo has won 13 times the individual national championship.^[8]^[9]

2 wins in the 5000 m walk track (2004, 2007)
1 win in the 10 km walk (2013)
4 wins in the 20 km walk (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008)
6 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

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References

↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
↑ "GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE 24 MARCH 2016 CAS DECISION". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Now disqualified by doping violation: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) originally 1st, 1:18:41
↑ "20 KILOMETRES RACE WALK WOMEN 13TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS - ADAEGU (DS), KOREA 27 AUG 2011 - 04 SEP 2011". iaaf.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
↑ "Squalificata Anisja Kirdyapkina, per Elisa Rigaudo argento nella 20 km di marcia dei Mondiali di Daegu 2011" (in Italian). cuneodice.it. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
↑ IAAF: IAAF News N.61 Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Sampaolo, Diego (2012-03-19). Schwazer clocks sensational 1:17:30 in Lugano Archived 21 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
↑ After DQ of the Russians arrived first and second.
↑ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
↑ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

External links

Elisa Rigaudo at World Athletics

Elisa Rigaudo at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)

Elisa Rigaudo at Olympics.com

Elisa Rigaudo at Olympedia
Elisa Rigaudo at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
Elisa Rigaudo at La marcia nel mondo (in Italian)

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[1] "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 25 December 2012.

[2] "GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE 24 MARCH 2016 CAS DECISION". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017. Now disqualified by doping violation: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) originally 1st, 1:18:41

[3] "20 KILOMETRES RACE WALK WOMEN 13TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS - ADAEGU (DS), KOREA 27 AUG 2011 - 04 SEP 2011". iaaf.org. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

[4] "Squalificata Anisja Kirdyapkina, per Elisa Rigaudo argento nella 20 km di marcia dei Mondiali di Daegu 2011" (in Italian). cuneodice.it. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

[5] IAAF: IAAF News N.61 Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Sampaolo, Diego (2012-03-19). Schwazer clocks sensational 1:17:30 in Lugano Archived 21 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-25.

[7] After DQ of the Russians arrived first and second.

[8] ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[9] "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

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