Giuliana Salce

Giuliana Salce (born 16 June 1955 in Rome) is a retired female race walker from Italy. Her greatest achievement was the 1985 World Indoor gold medal.

Giuliana Salce

Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	(1955-06-16) 16 June 1955 (age 70) Rome, Italy
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Club	CUS Roma
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	5 km walk: 21:35:25 (1986) 3 km walk indoor: 12:31:57 (1985)
Medal record World Indoor Championships 1985 Paris 3 km race walk 1987 Paris 3 km race walk European Indoor Championships 1987 Athens 3 km race walk

In her career she set three world records in the beginning of the women's racewalking.

Biography

She won three medal, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1] She has 17 caps in national team from 1979 to 1987.^[2]

After her career in athletics, she tried to go cycling master, but after some time has been involved in an ugly story of doping, after the inevitable disqualification is taken the complaint to the person who was involved and the publication of a book, Dalla vita inn giù, 2011.^[3]

World record

Outdoor

• 5 km walk: 21:51:85 ( L'Aquila, 1 October 1983)
• 5 km walk: 21:35:25 ( Verona, 19 June 1986)

Indoor

• 3 km walk: 12:31:57 ( Florence, 6 February 1985)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1983	World Race Walking Cup	Bergen, Norway	18th	10 km
1985	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	3 km
1987	European Indoor Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	3 km
	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	3 km
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	18th	10 km

National titles

Salce won 12 national championships at individual senior level.^[4][5][6][7]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 5000 m walk (track): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987 (4)
  • 10 km walk: 1984 (1)
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 3000 m walk: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 (7)