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Elisabetta Perrone (born 9 July 1968) is a former race walker from Italy who won eighteen medals, eight of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1]

Biography

Elisabetta Perrone won six medals, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1] She participated at four editions of the Summer Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004), she has 39 caps in sixteen years in national team from 1981 to 2004.^[2]

20 km race walk: 1:27:09 ( Dudince, 19 May 2001). Record held until 17 May 2015 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi with 1:26:17)
5000 m race walk: 20:12.24 ( Rieti, 2 August 2003).^[3] Record held until 18 May 2014 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi with 20.01.80)

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Italy
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	19th	10 km	46:43
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	10th	10 km	46:49
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	4th	10 km	43:26
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	10 km	43:47
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, China	6th	10 km	43:13
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	10 km	42:16
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	2nd	10 km	42:12
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	10th	10,000 m	45:16.64
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	1st	10 km	44:40
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th	10 km	44:04
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	21st	20 km	1:36:24
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	2nd	20 km	1:27:42
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	—	20 km	DSQ
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	3rd	20 km	1:27:09
	Mediterranean Games	Tunis, Tunisia	2nd	20 km	1:36:47
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	20 km	1:28:56
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	20 km	1:30:25
2003	European Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	2nd	20 km	1:27:58
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	—	20 km	DNF
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	18th	20 km	1:32:21

Perrone won 9 national championships at individual senior level.

Italian Athletics Championships
- 5000 m walk (track): 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003 (4)^[4]
- 10,000 m walk (track): 1994, 1995 (2)^[5]
- 20 km: 2001 (1)
Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 3000 m walk: 1998, 2003 (2)^[4]^[6]

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^ ^a ^b "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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