Maria Benedicta Chigbolu
 Maria Chigbolu in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 27 July 1989 Rome, Italy |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Sprint |
| Club | G.S. Esercito |
| Coached by | Maria Chiara Milardi |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
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Medal record | |
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Maria Benedicta Chigbolu (born 27 July 1989)[1] is an Italian sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 4 × 400 m relay.[2]
Biography
Maria Chigbolu was born in Rome to an Italian mother and a Nigerian father. She has five siblings. Her grandfather Julius Chigbolu was a Nigerian athlete, who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and later became president of Athletics Federation of Nigeria.[1] She is engaged with the Italian sprinter Matteo Galvan.[3]
Career
Besides medals in the 400 metres and 4 × 400 m relays from the 2013 and 2018 Mediterranean Games, Chigbolu won a bronze in the individual event at the 2016 European Championships. She was a member of the 2016 Olympics squad, which set the Italian national record at the 4x400 metres with a time of 3:25.16 sec. Chigbolu took bronze medals at the 2019 World Relays (4 × 400 m), and at the 2019 European Team Championships (400 m and 4 × 400 m). At the Italian Championships, she won 1 time in the 400 metres (2017), 8 times in the 4 × 400 m relay, and twice in the indoor relays (4 × 200 m, 4 × 400 m).
Achievements
International competitions
- ↑ Finishing the race without the baton
- ↑ Time from the heats; Chigbolu was replaced in the final
- ↑ Italian squad set the national record in the heats with a time of 3:25.16 sec. It would have been 3rd result in the final
- ↑ Chigbolu clocked season's best time of 51.76 sec in the heats
National individual competitions
- Italian Championships
- 400 m: (1) 2017
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Maria Benedicta Chigbolu". Fidal.it (in italiano). FIDAL. 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ↑ "Athletics - CHIGBOLU Maria Benedicta". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ↑ FQ (2018-07-02). "Giochi del Mediterraneo, chi sono le ragazze medaglia d'oro nella staffetta 4×400 diventate un simbolo sui social". il Fatto Quotidiano (in italiano). Retrieved 2018-07-03.
Reclutata nell'Esercito, ora si allena a Rieti ed è fidanzata con un quattrocentista, Matteo Galvan.
- ↑ "DécaNation 2015 – Results". bases.athle.fr (in français). French Athletics Federation. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
External links
- This article has no link in Wikidata
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Rome
- Italian people of Nigerian descent
- Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
- Italian female sprinters
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic female sprinters