Gloria Hooper (athlete)
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National team | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Villafranca di Verona, Italy | 3 March 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Centro Sportivo Carabinieri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Renzo Chemello | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gloria Hooper (born 3 March 1992) is an Italian sprinter who won a silver medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.[1] She won seven times the national championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m.[2]
Biography
[edit]Born in Villafranca di Verona, her parents arrived in Naples from Ghana in 1985.[3]
National records
[edit]- 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[4]
Personal bests
[edit]Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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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 | [6] |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.52 | (junior) | |||
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki | Semi-Finals | DSQ | – | [7] |
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 | [8] | |||
2021 | World Relays | Chorzów | 1st | 4×100 m relay | 43.79 | SB |
National titles
[edit]- Italian Athletics Championships
- 100 metres: 2013, 2015, 2016 (3)
- 200 metres: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 (4)
See also
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ "NOC Medallist by Sport – Italy". tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Athletics - HOOPER Gloria". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "LA SQUADRA ITALIANA – CAMPIONATI MONDIALI JUNIORES 2010 - Gloria Hooper" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 21 June 2012.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Doha: doppia 4x100 da record, azzurre in finale" (in Italian). fidal.it. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Rieti: clamoroso PB di Hooper (-10 cc!) sui 100 metri e anche Bongiorni vola" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "21st European Athletics Junior Championships – All results". tilastopaja.org. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ She ran 22.95, her personal best and A-standard for 2012 Olympic Games, in heats.
- ^ She ran with the team 42.90 NR in semifinal.
External links
[edit]- Gloria Hooper at World Athletics
- Gloria Hooper at Diamond League
- Gloria Hooper at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Gloria Hooper at Olympics.com
- Gloria Hooper at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Italian female sprinters
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- People from Villafranca di Verona
- Italian people of Ghanaian descent
- Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic female sprinters
- Sportspeople from the Province of Verona
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- 21st-century Italian sportswomen