Antonella Palmisano (born 6 August 1991) is an Italian

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, 3rd at 2017 World Championships, 4th at 2016 Summer Olympics and 5th at 2015 World Championships in

20 km race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...

and 1st in the same event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

Biography

She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the

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in London and in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

in Beijing, China.

Achievements

National titles

She won 9 national championships at senior level. *

Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, w ...

10 km walk The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it ...

road: 2014, 2018, 2020 (3) ** 20 km walk road: 2014 (1) *

Italian Indoor Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition ...

** 3000 metres walk: 2013, 2015, 2017,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmisano, Antonella Italian female racewalkers Living people 1991 births World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy Olympic female racewalkers Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from the Province of Taranto Italian Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists for Italy

Biography

Achievements

National titles

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