Annarita Sidoti
{{short description|Italian race walker}}
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| nationality = Italian
| sport = Athletics
| event = Race walk
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| birth_date = {{birth date text|25 July 1969}}{{ref label|nb|nb|nb}}
| birth_place = Gioiosa Marea, Sicily, Italy
| death_date = {{death-date and age|21 May 2015|25 July 1969}}
| death_place = Gioiosa Marea, Sicily Italy
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| weight = {{convert|42|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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- 10 km: 41:46 (1994)
- 20 km: 1:28:38 (2000)
| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy
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| World Championships | 1 | 0 | 0
| European Championships | 2 | 1 | 0
| European Indoor Championships | 1 | 0 | 1
| World Race Walking Cup | 1 | 3 | 1
| European Race Walking Cup | 3 | 2 | 0
| Summer Universiade | 1 | 0 | 2
| Mediterranean Games | 0 | 1 | 0
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Annarita Sidoti (25 July 1969{{ref label|nb|nb|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE-D-1908-2008.pdf |title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 – DONNE |publisher=sportolimpico.it |access-date=26 December 2012}} 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.{{cite book |title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=FIDAL}}
She appeared in the film Le complici (1998) by director Emanuela Piovano, in which she played a prostitute.{{cite web |url=http://cabaldixit.blogspot.it/2011/09/anna-rita-piccola-grande-donna-doro-150.html |title=Anna Rita, piccola grande donna d'oro |publisher=cabaldixit.blogspot.it |language=it |access-date=26 December 2012}}
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.{{ref label|nb|nb|nb}}[http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/anna-rita-sidoti-obituary 1997 world race walking champion Sidoti dies], IAAF.org, 22 May 2015; retrieved 28 June 2015.[http://www.gazzetta.it/Atletica/21-05-2015/atletica-lutto-morta-annarita-sidoti-110916643696.shtml Atletica in lutto: è morta Annarita Sidoti]. La Gazzetta Dello Sport, 21 May 2015; retrieved 28 June 2015.
International competitions
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| colspan="6" | Representing {{ITA}} |
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| 1988
| Sudbury, Canada | 4th | 5000m | 22:36.47 |
| 1989
| L'Hospitalet, Spain | 8th | 10 km | 44:59 |
| rowspan=2 | 1990
| European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd | 3000 m | 12:27.94 |
| European Championships
| Split, Yugoslavia | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 10 km | 44:00 |
| rowspan=3 | 1991
| Buffalo, United States | bgcolor=cc9966 | 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
| Barcelona, Spain | 7th | 10 km | 45:23 |
| rowspan=2 | 1993
| Monterrey, Mexico | 7th | 10 km | 46:14 |
| World Championships
| Stuttgart, Germany | 9th | 10 km | 44:13 |
| rowspan=2 | 1994
| European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 3000 m | 11:54.32 |
| European Championships
| Helsinki, Finland | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | 10 km | 42:43 |
| rowspan=3 | 1995
| Beijing, China | 8th | 10 km | 43:55 |
| World Student Games
| Fukuoka, Japan | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 10 km | 43:22 |
| World Championships
| Gothenburg, Sweden | 13th | 10 km | 44:06 |
| rowspan=2 | 1996
| A Coruña, Spain | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 10 km | 43:26 |
| Olympic Games
| Atlanta, United States | 11th | 10 km | 43:57 |
| rowspan=3 | 1997
| Bari, Italy | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10 km | 45:35 |
| World Championships
| Athens, Greece | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 10,000m | 42:55.49 |
| World Student Games
| Catania, Italy | bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd | 10 km | 44:38 |
| 1998
| Budapest, Hungary | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 10 km | 42:49 |
| 1999
| Seville, Spain | — | 20 km | DNF |
| rowspan=2 | 2000
| Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 5th | 20 km | 1:28:38 |
| Olympic Games
| Sydney, Australia | — | 20 km | DNF |
| rowspan=2 | 2001
| Dudince, Slovakia | 11th | 20 km | 1:31:43 |
| World Championships
| Edmonton, Canada | 8th | 20 km | 1:31:40 |
| 2002
| Munich, Germany | 8th | 20 km | 1:31:19 |
National titles
She won ten times at the Italian Athletics Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf |title="CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012 |publisher=sportolimpico.it |access-date=26 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm |title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS |publisher=gbrathletics.com |access-date=26 December 2012}}
- 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)
See also
Notes
{{note label|nb|nb|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.[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/Former-Italian-race-walking-world-champion-Sidoti-dies-at-44/articleshow/47372547.cms Italian race-walking chamption Annarita Sidoti dies at 44 (sic)], timesofindia.indiatimes.com; accessed 21 May 2015.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/annarita-sidoti-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012405/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/annarita-sidoti-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}[http://www2.raisport.rai.it/atlanta96/protag/02/043.html Annarita Sidoti] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623162832/http://www2.raisport.rai.it/atlanta96/protag/02/043.html |date=2015-06-23 }}, raisport.rai.it; retrieved 28 June 2015.
References
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External links
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{{Commons category|Annarita Sidoti}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150623162832/http://www2.raisport.rai.it/atlanta96/protag/02/043.html Annarita Sidoti] at RAI web site
- [http://www.marciadalmondo.com/admin/pdf/personaggi/0107201439Scheda%20-%20Sidoti.pdf Annarita Sidoti] at La marcia nel mondo {{in lang|it}}
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Category:World Athletics Championships winners
Category:Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
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