Gabriella Dorio

Gabriella Dorio
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1957-06-27) 27 June 1957 (age 68) Veggiano, Italy
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	Iveco Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800 m: 1:57.66 (1980) 1500 m: 3:58.65 (1982)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 1500 m European Championships 1982 Athens 1500 m European Indoor Championships 1982 Milan 1500 m World Cross Country Championships 1976 Chepstow Team 1982 Rome Team

Gabriella Dorio (born 27 June 1957 in Veggiano, Veneto) is an Italian former athlete and Olympic gold winner. She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1]

Biography

She first participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics, placing sixth in the 1500 metres race then ran the same event and placed fifth in Summer Olympics 4 years later. She won the gold medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships, the bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships, and finally the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, beating the Romanians Doina Melinte (silver) and Maricica Puică (bronze).

She has 65 caps in national team from 1973 to 1991.^[2]

Achievements

National titles

Gabriella Dorio has won 23 times the individual national championship.^[3][4]

• 7 wins in the 800 metres (1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
• 10 wins in the 1500 metres (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)
• 2 wins in the 800 metres indoor (1978, 1979)
• 2 wins in the 1500 metres indoor (1981, 1983)
• 2 wins in the cross country running (1976, 1983)

See also

• Italian Athletics Championships - Women multi winners
• Italy national athletics team - Women's more caps
• Italian all-time top lists - 800 m
• Italian all-time top lists - 1500 m
• FIDAL Hall of Fame

References

External links

• Gabriella Dorio at World Athletics
• Gabriella Dorio at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Gabriella Dorio at Olympics.com
• Gabriella Dorio at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Gabriella Dorio at Olympedia
• Gabriella Dorio at InterSportStats