Valeria Canella (born 6 February 1982) is a former Italian long jump, who was four-time national champion at

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level.

Career

Her best sporting season was undoubtedly 2007, when at the age of 25, in addition to winning his third

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(she will win her fourth and last one the following year), she set both her

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s, 6.52 m

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and above all 6.56 m outdoor, which result, at the end of the 2020 outdoor season, is still the 9th best all-time performance of the Italian lists and in that year it was also the 67th best result in the world top-lists. Her best placement in the world top-lists was however the 30th place in the 2007 indoor season. However, her personal best of 2008 of 6.53 m, ratified by

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but not by the

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, would have been the 26th best performance of the year in the 2008 world lists.

National titles

* Italian Athletics Championships **Long jump: 2006 (1) *

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**Long jump: 2006, 2007, 2008 (3)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canella, Valeria 1982 births Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre Italian female long jumpers Living people Sportspeople from Turin