Gloria Hooper (athlete)

Gloria Hooper (born 3 March 1992) is an Italian sprinter who won a silver medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, and a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships in the 4 x 100 m.^[1][2] She won seven times the national championships. She competed at the 2012, 2016 and 2024 Summer Olympics, in 200 m (in 2012 and 2016) and the 4 x 100 m (in 2024).^[3][4]

Gloria Hooper

Gloria Hooper in 2018
Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 33) Villafranca di Verona, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Coached by	Renzo Chemello
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 11.24 (2021) 200 m: 22.89 (2016)
Medal record World Relays 2021 Chorzów 4×100 m relay European Championships 2022 Munich 4 × 100 m relay Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 200 m European U23 Championships 2013 Tampere 200 metres 2013 Tampere 4 × 100 m relay European Junior Championships 2011 Tallinn 4 × 100 m relay

Biography

Hooper at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.

Born in Villafranca di Verona, her parents arrived in Naples from Ghana in 1985.^[5] She made her international debut for Italy at the 2012 European Athletics Championships.^[6]

National records

• 4 × 100 m relay: 42.90 ( Doha, 4 October 2019), she ran second leg in the team with Johanelis Herrera, Anna Bongiorni, Irene Siragusa – current holder^[7]

Personal bests

• 100 metres: 11.24 +1.5 ( Rieti, 22 May 2021)^[8]
• 200 metres: 22.89 +1.4 ( Rieti, 26 June 2016)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton	32nd (h)	200m	24.74	(wind: +0.5 m/s)
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn	7th	200 m	23.95	[9]
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.52	(junior)
2012	European Championships	Helsinki	Semi-Finals	DSQ	–	[10]
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere	3rd	200m	23.24	(wind: -0.5 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.86
2015	World Championships	Beijing	16th (sf)	200 m	22.92
			12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.22
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	10th (sf)	60 m	7.34
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2019	World Championships	Doha	32nd (heat)	200 m	23.33
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	42.98	[11]
2021	World Relays	Chorzów	1st	4×100 m relay	43.79	SB

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 100 metres: 2013, 2015, 2016 (3)
  • 200 metres: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 (4)

See also

• 2020 in 100 metres
• Italian all-time lists – 100 metres
• Italian all-time lists – 200 metres
• Italian all-time lists – 4 × 100 metres relay
• Italy at the 2012 European Athletics Championships