Annarita Sidoti (25 July 1969 – 21 May 2015) was an Italian

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Biography

Annarita Sidoti was born in

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. She won eleven medals at senior level in international competition. She participated at three editions of the

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(1992, 1996, 2000), and earned 47 caps in fifteen years in the

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from 1987 to 2002. She appeared in the film ''Le complici'' (1998) by director Emanuela Piovano, in which she played a prostitute.

Death

She died in May 2015 in

, Italy, of metastatic breast cancer, which had spread to her liver and brain. She was 45 years old.

International competitions

National titles

She won ten times at the

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. * 1 win in the 5 km walk (1995) * 1 win in the

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(1991) * 4 wins in the 20 km walk (1992, 1995, 2000, 2002) * 4 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1991, 1994, 2001, 2002)

Notes

Sources give her age at death as 44, but this is contradicted by widespread record of her year of birth as 1969 throughout the entirely of her career (by international and national athletics federations and Olympic scholars) and before publication of her death.Annarita Sidoti
, raisport.rai.it; retrieved 28 June 2015.

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Annarita Sidoti
at La marcia nel mondo {{DEFAULTSORT:Sidoti, Annarita 1969 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Messina Italian female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Deaths from cancer in Sicily Deaths from breast cancer Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy Universiade bronze medalists for Italy World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade