Micol Cattaneo (born 13 May 1982) is an Italian athlete who competes mainly in the
100 metres hurdles
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. She represented Italy at the
2008 Olympic Games in
Beijing, China. In the season 2018–2019 she also competed as
bobsledder
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.
Biography
Cattaneo was born in
Como, Italy. In the 100 metres hurdles, she won a silver medal at the 2007 Military World Games and a bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. In the 4 × 100 metres relay, she won gold medals at the 2007 Military World Games and the 2013 Mediterranean Games.
Her personal best time of 12.98s was set on 22 June 2008 in
Annecy, France. Later that year she competed at the Olympic Games in Beijing, where she was eliminated in the heats, running 13.13s.
She is the daughter of the former Italian football player
Giuseppe Cattaneo. She has 17 international appearances for the Italian
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
from 2003 to 2012.
Achievements
National titles
Cattaneo has won 9 senior
national championship
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titles.
*5 wins Italian
100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...
Champion (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017)
*4 wins Italian Indoor
60 metres hurdles Champion (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
See also
*
Italian all-time lists – 100 metres hurdles
*
Italy at the Military World Games
*
Italy national relay team
References
External links
*
Athlete profileat The-sports.org
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1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Como
Italian female hurdlers
Olympic athletes of Italy
Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Italian female bobsledders
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
20th-century Italian women
21st-century Italian women