Gertrud Bacher (married name Schöpf; born 28 February 1971 in

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) is a retired

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heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

Biography

She is Italian record-women of the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. She won two medals, at individual level, at the

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. She competed in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

Achievements

Personal bests

*200 Metres 24.23 0.4 Desenzano del Garda 08 05 1999 *400 Metres 55.79 Cles 23 08 2001 *800 Metres 2:08.09 Sevilla 22 08 1999 *100 Metres Hurdles 13.65 0.8 Desenzano del Garda 08 05 1999 *High Jump 1.78 Alzano Lombard 29 05 1993 *Long Jump 6.11 0.8 Bydgoszcz 30 06 2002 *Shot Put 14.64 Lana 23 06 2004 *Javelin Throw 48.14 Rieti 02 08 2003 *Heptathlon 6185 Desenzano del Garda 09 05 1999

National titles

She won 10 times the individual

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. *5 wins in the

track (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003) *5 wins in the

women's pentathlon The pentathlon or women's pentathlon is a combined track and field event in which each woman competes in five separate events over one day (formerly two days). The distance or time for each event is converted to points via scoring tables, with ...

indoor (1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004)

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