Annarita Sidoti

Annarita Sidoti
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	25 July 1969[nb]; Gioiosa Marea, Italy
Died	21 May 2015 (aged 45); Gioiosa Marea, Italy
Height	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight	42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walk
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	10 km: 41:46 (1994); 20 km: 1:28:38 (2000);
Medal record

Annarita Sidoti (25 July 1969^[nb] – 21 May 2015) was an Italian race walker.

Biography

Annarita Sidoti was born in Gioiosa Marea. She won eleven medals at senior level in international competition.^[1] She participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000), and earned 47 caps in fifteen years in the national team from 1987 to 2002.^[2]

She appeared in the film Le complici (1998) by director Emanuela Piovano, in which she played a prostitute.^[3]

Death

She died in May 2015 in Gioiosa Marea, Italy, of metastatic breast cancer, which had spread to her liver and brain. She was 45 years old.^[nb]^[4]^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Italy
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	4th	5000m	22:36.47
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	8th	10 km	44:59
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	3000 m	12:27.94
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	10 km	44:00
1991	World Student Games	Buffalo, United States	3rd	10 km	45:10
	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	9th	10 km	45:28
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	9th	10 km	44:18
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	7th	10 km	45:23
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	7th	10 km	46:14
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	9th	10 km	44:13
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	3000 m	11:54.32
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	10 km	42:43
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, PR China	8th	10 km	43:55
	World Student Games	Fukuoka, Japan	1st	10 km	43:22
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	13th	10 km	44:06
1996	European Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	1st	10 km	43:26
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	11th	10 km	43:57
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	2nd	10 km	45:35
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	10,000m	42:55.49
	World Student Games	Catania, Italy	3rd	10 km	44:38
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	10 km	42:49
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	—	20 km	DNF
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	5th	20 km	1:28:38
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	—	20 km	DNF
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	11th	20 km	1:31:43
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	8th	20 km	1:31:40
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	8th	20 km	1:31:19

National titles

She won ten times at the Italian Athletics Championships.^[6]^[7]

1 win in the 5 km walk (1995)
1 win in the 10 km walk (1991)
4 wins in the 20 km walk (1992, 1995, 2000, 2002)
4 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1991, 1994, 2001, 2002)

Notes

^nb Sources give her age at death as 44, but this is contradicted by widespread record of her year of birth as 1969 throughout the entirely of her career (by international and national athletics federations and Olympic scholars) and before publication of her death.^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 – DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
^ "Anna Rita, piccola grande donna d'oro" (in Italian). cabaldixit.blogspot.it. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
^ 1997 world race walking champion Sidoti dies, IAAF.org, 22 May 2015; retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ Atletica in lutto: è morta Annarita Sidoti. La Gazzetta Dello Sport, 21 May 2015; retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
^ Italian race-walking chamption Annarita Sidoti dies at 44 (sic), timesofindia.indiatimes.com; accessed 21 May 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annarita Sidoti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
^ Annarita Sidoti, raisport.rai.it; retrieved 28 June 2015.

External links

Annarita Sidoti at World Athletics
Athlete profile at RAI web site

[1] "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 – DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[2] Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.

[3] "Anna Rita, piccola grande donna d'oro" (in Italian). cabaldixit.blogspot.it. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[4] 1997 world race walking champion Sidoti dies, IAAF.org, 22 May 2015; retrieved 28 June 2015.

[5] Atletica in lutto: è morta Annarita Sidoti. La Gazzetta Dello Sport, 21 May 2015; retrieved 28 June 2015.

[6] ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[7] "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[8] Italian race-walking chamption Annarita Sidoti dies at 44 (sic), timesofindia.indiatimes.com; accessed 21 May 2015.

[9] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annarita Sidoti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.

[10] Annarita Sidoti, raisport.rai.it; retrieved 28 June 2015.

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