Gloria Hooper (athlete)
Italian sprinter (born 1992)
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National team | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 32) Villafranca di Verona, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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Born in Villafranca di Verona, her parents arrived in Naples from Ghana in 1985.[3]
National records
- 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
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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2010 | World Junior Championships | ![]() | 32nd (h) | 200m | 24.74 | (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
2011 | European Junior Championships | ![]() | 7th | 200 m | 23.95 | [6] |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.52 | ![]() | |||
2012 | European Championships | ![]() | Semi-Finals | DSQ | – | [7] |
2013 | European U23 Championships | ![]() | 3rd | 200m | 23.24 | (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.86 | ||||
2015 | World Championships | ![]() | 16th (sf) | 200 m | 22.92 | |
12th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.22 | ||||
2017 | European Indoor Championships | ![]() | 10th (sf) | 60 m | 7.34 | |
IAAF World Relays | ![]() | – | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | ||
2019 | World Championships | ![]() | 32nd (heat) | 200 m | 23.33 | |
7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.98 | [8] | |||
2021 | World Relays | ![]() | 1st | 4×100 m relay | 43.79 | SB |
National titles
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 100 metres: 2013, 2015, 2016 (3)
- 200 metres: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 (4)
See also
- 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
- ^ "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
- 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
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Mediterranean Games champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay
- 1971: Italy (Maddalena Grassano, Laura Nappi, Ileana Ongar, Cecilia Molinari)
- 1975: France (Annie Alizé, Nadine Goletto, Catherine Delachan, Nicole Pani)
- 1979: France (Annie Alizé, Emma Sulter, Vlaudine Mas, Chantal Réga)
- 1983: France (Rose-Aimée Bacoul, Marie-France Loval, Marie-Christine Cazier, Liliane Gaschet)
- 1987: France (Nathalie Simon, Marine Cassin, Laurence Bongard, Violetta Kaminska)
- 1991: France (Magalie Simioneck, Maguy Nestoret, Valérie Jean-Charles, Fabienne Ficher)
- 1993: France (Patricia Girard, Odiah Sidibé, Maguy Nestoret, Valérie Jean-Charles)
- 1997: France (Frédérique Bangué, Christine Arron, Patricia Girard, Sylviane Félix)
- 2001: France (Haïdy Aron, Fabé Dia, Céline Thelamon, Sylvie Mballa Éloundou)
- 2005: France (Véronique Mang, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Fabé Dia, Carima Louami)
- 2009: France (Myriam Soumaré, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Nelly Banco, Émilie Gaydu)
- 2013: Italy (Micol Cattaneo, Jessica Paoletta, Ilenia Draisci, Audrey Alloh)
- 2018: France (Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, Jennifer Galais, Estelle Raffai, Carolle Zahi)
- 2022: Italy (Irene Siragusa, Gloria Hooper, Aurora Berton, Johanelis Herrera Abreu)