Carla Tuzzi (born 2 June 1967 in

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) is an Italian former

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, who best result at international individual senior level was the 5th place in the final of the 1994 European Indoor Championships with the new national record.

Career

She won 19 national championships and held national record in

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for 18 years (from 1994 to 2012). Tuzzi competed at three edition of

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(1993, 1995, 1997), one of the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

(1996) and one of the European Championshipos (1994). She also won two medals at the

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fir ...

ten years apart (1987 at 20 and 1997 at 30).

Statistics

National records

*60 m hs: 7.97 Paris (from 13 March 1994 to 1 March 2013) *100 m hs: 12.97

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(from 12 June 1994 to 13 May 2012)

Progression

;100 metres hurdles ;60 metres hurdles indoor

Achievements

National titles

Tuzzi won 19 national championships at individual 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 ...

**100 m hs: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 (9) *

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 ...

**60 m hs: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 (9) **60 m: 1996 (1)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuzzi, Carla 1967 births Italian female hurdlers People from Frascati Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital