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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 July 1969 Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy |
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Died | 21 May 2015 Gioiosa Marea, Sicily Italy |
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Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 42 kg (93 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Race walk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annarita Sidoti (25 July 1969 – 21 May 2015) was an Italian race walker.
Biography
Annarita Sidoti was born in Gioiosa Marea. She won eleven medals at senior level in international competition. She participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000), and earned 47 caps in fifteen years in the national team from 1987 to 2002.
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Death
She died in May 2015 in Gioiosa Marea, Italy, of metastatic breast cancer, which had spread to her liver and brain. She was 45 years old.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 4th | 5000m | 22:36.47 |
1989 | World Race Walking Cup | L'Hospitalet, Spain | 8th | 10 km | 44:59 |
1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3rd | 3000 m | 12:27.94 |
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st | 10 km | 44:00 | |
1991 | World Student Games | Buffalo, United States | 3rd | 10 km | 45:10 |
World Race Walking Cup | San Jose, United States | 9th | 10 km | 45:28 | |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 9th | 10 km | 44:18 | |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 7th | 10 km | 45:23 |
1993 | World Race Walking Cup | Monterrey, Mexico | 7th | 10 km | 46:14 |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 9th | 10 km | 44:13 | |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 3000 m | 11:54.32 |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | 10 km | 42:43 | |
1995 | World Race Walking Cup | Beijing, China | 8th | 10 km | 43:55 |
World Student Games | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | 10 km | 43:22 | |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 13th | 10 km | 44:06 | |
1996 | European Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | 1st | 10 km | 43:26 |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 11th | 10 km | 43:57 | |
1997 | Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 2nd | 10 km | 45:35 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | 10,000m | 42:55.49 | |
World Student Games | Catania, Italy | 3rd | 10 km | 44:38 | |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | 10 km | 42:49 |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | — | 20 km | DNF |
2000 | European Race Walking Cup | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 5th | 20 km | 1:28:38 |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | — | 20 km | DNF | |
2001 | European Race Walking Cup | Dudince, Slovakia | 11th | 20 km | 1:31:43 |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 8th | 20 km | 1:31:40 | |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 8th | 20 km | 1:31:19 |
National titles
She won ten times at the Italian Athletics Championships.
- 1 win in the 5 km walk (1995)
- 1 win in the 10 km walk (1991)
- 4 wins in the 20 km walk (1992, 1995, 2000, 2002)
- 4 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1991, 1994, 2001, 2002)
See also
In Spanish: Anna Rita Sidoti para niños
- Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists
- Italian all-time lists – 20 km walk
- FIDAL Hall of Fame
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