Elisa Rigaudo

Elisa Rigaudo (born 17 June 1980) is an Italian race walker from Cuneo.

Elisa Rigaudo

Personal information
Born	(1980-06-17) 17 June 1980 (age 45) Cuneo, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	20 km walk
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best	20 km: 1:27:12 (2008)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 0 1 1 European Championships 0 0 1 Mediterranean Games 1 0 0 World Race Walking Team C'ships 0 1 0 European Race Walking Team C'ships 1 2 2 European U23 Championships 1 0 0 Total 3 4 5 Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 20 km walk World Championships 2011 Daegu 20 km walk 2013 Moscow 20 km walk European Championships 2006 Gothenburg 20 km walk

She won eight medals, seven of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1]

Biography

She is affiliated with the Fiamme Gialle Castelporziano sports club. Rigaudo represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She was the bronze medallist over 20 km at the 2011 European Race Walking Cup and went on to place fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, which was later upgraded to silver medal after disqualifications.^[2][3][4] In 2002, she received a public warning for high levels of caffeine in her doping sample.^[5] She came third at the 2012 Memorial Mario Albisetti, finishing behind Russia's Tatyana Sibileva.^[6]

Progression

20 km walk

Year	Time	Venue	Date	World Rank
2012	1:27:36	London	11 AUG	11th
2011	1:30:44	Daegu	31 AUG	30th
2010	stops due to maternity
2009	1:29:04	Sesto San Giovanni	1 MAY	15th
2008	1:27:12	Beijing	21 AUG	8th
2007	1:29:15	Royal Leamington Spa	20 MAY	13th
2006	1:28:37	Gothenburg	9 AUG	11th
2005	1:29:26	Miskolc	21 MAY	26th
2004	1:27:49	Naumburg	2 MAY	9th
2003	1:30:34	Paris	24 AUG	33rd
2002	1:30:43	Dublin	15 JUN	20th
2001	1:29:54	Amsterdam	15 JUL	22nd
2000	1:32:50	Taranto	19 MAR	70th

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	7th	5000m walk	22:07.21
1999	European Junior Championships	Riga, Latvia	6th	5000m walk	22:17.68
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	20 km walk	1:29:54
	Universiade	Beijing, China	–	10 km	DNF
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	16th	20 km walk	1:33:38
			2nd	Team - 20 km	26 pts
2003	European Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	13th	20 km	1:31:18
			1st	Team - 20 km	27 pts
	World Championships	Paris, France	10th	20 km walk	1:30:34
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	6th	20 km walk	1:29:57
	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	5th	20 km walk	1:27:49
2005	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	3rd	20 km walk	1:29:26
			2nd	Team - 20 km	26 pts
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	20 km walk	1:29:52
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	1st	20 km walk	1:32:44
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	20 km walk	1:28:37
	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	10th	20 km walk	1:29:37
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	4th	20 km	1:29:15
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	20 km walk	DNF
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	3rd	20 km walk	1:27:12
	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	20th	20 km walk	1:32:38
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	9th	20 km walk	1:31:52
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	3rd	20 km walk	1:30:55
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	2nd[7]	20 km walk	1:30:44
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	7th	20 km	1:31:25
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	7th	20 km walk	1:27:36
2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	—	20 km	DNF
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	20 km walk	1:28.41
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	8th	20 km	1:28:01
			2nd	Team - 20 km	30 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	—	20 km walk	DQ
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th	20 km walk	1:31:04

National titles

Elisa Rigaudo has won 13 times the individual national championship.^[8][9]

• 2 wins in the 5000 m walk track (2004, 2007)
• 1 win in the 10 km walk (2013)
• 4 wins in the 20 km walk (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008)
• 6 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

See also

• Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists
• Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk