Elisa Rigaudo

Elisa Rigaudo ( born June 17, 1980 in Cuneo) is an Italian race walker.

Rigaudo reached at the Junior World Championships in 1998 to seventh place in the 5 - km walk and was 2001 U23 European Champion in the 20 - km walk. The following year she was warned by the IAAF for a breach of the Dopingbestimungen.

At the World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis Elisa Rigaudo could occupy tenth place. In 2004, she finished sixth in the Olympic Games in Athens. There was a seventh place finish at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.

2006 Elisa Rigaudo won their first international medal in the adult area, as she won the European Championships in Gothenburg bronze. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, she again won the bronze medal over 20 km of precious metal and improved in this race simultaneously perform at their best to 1:27:12 hours.

At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin Rigaudo finished ninth in the 20 - km walk in 1:31:52 hours. In 2010 she took a baby break. At the 2011 World Championships she finished fourth and at the Olympic Games in London in seventh.

At a size of 1.69 m, it has a competition weight of 56 kg.