Antonella Bevilacqua

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| caption = Bevilacqua in 1996

| national_team = Italy: 29 caps (1991-2004){{cite web|url=http://studiopalamara.altervista.org/annuario-fidal.pdf|title=Annuario FIDAL 2010|website=altervista.org|language=it|accessdate=5 September 2022}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = High jump

| club = Snam Gas Metano

| retired = 2007

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1971|10|15}}

| birth_place = Foggia, Italy

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| height = 1.69 m

| weight = 56 kg

| pb = 1.99 m (1996){{efn|name=DOPING|In May 1996, Antonella Bevilacqua twice tested positive for ephedrine which carried the penalty of a three-month ban. The IAAF decided to put the case to arbitration and allow her to compete in Atlanta, where she placed 4th. However, after the Olympics the IAAF decided she was guilty of a doping offence and annulled her results from May onwards, including her Olympic performance.}}

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Antonella Bevilacqua (born 15 October 1971 in Foggia) is an Italian high jumper, whose personal best jump was 1.98 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Milan.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14283798|title=Antonella Bevilacqua - Profile|publisher=worldathletics.org|access-date=12 April 2021}}

Biography

In 1996 Bevilacqua tested positive for the prohibited substances ephedrine and pseudoephedrine twice during the same month. The IAAF decided to put the case to arbitration and allowed Bevilaqua to compete at that year's Olympics where she cleared 1.99m to finish 4th. However, after the games it was decided that a doping offence had been committed and her Olympic result was annulled.Lauri Tarasti: [https://web.archive.org/web/20051122154226/http://www.blues.uab.es/olympic.studies/doping/tarasti2.htm When can an athlete be punished for a doping offence? Procedural faults and the burden of proof]https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/19961127/96112700176.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

The athlete was however only disqualified for three months and was able to return to competitions already with the beginning of the 1997 indoor season in which she immediately won the national title.{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2003/04/24/lewis-quel-doping-nascosto-graziato-come-tutti.html|title=Lewis e quel doping nascosto Graziato come tutti gli altri|quote=Pagò la saltatrice in alto azzurra, Antonella Bevilacqua, quarta ai Giochi di Atlanta, ma cancellata e poi squalificata per tre mesi.|publisher=repubblica.it|language=it|date=24 April 2003|access-date=12 April 2021}}

National records

High jump indoor: 1.98 m ({{flagicon|GRE}} Athens, 24 February 1994) - record holder until 13 February 2007.

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Measure	Notes
1989 \|align=left\|European Junior Championships \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|YUG}} Varaždin \|5th \|High jump \|1.83 m \|
1990 \|align=left\|World Junior Championships \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|BUL}} Plovdiv \|8th \|High jump \|1.81 m \|
1992 \|align=left\|Olympic Games \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} Barcelona \|22nd (q) \|High Jump \|1.90 m \|{{efn\|name=QUALY\|Results with a q indicate overall position in qualifying round.}}
1993 \|align=left\|World Championships \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|GER}} Stuttgart \|6th \|High jump \|1.94 m \|{{AthAbbr\|PB}}
1994 \|align=left\|European Championships \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FIN}} Helsinki \|19th (q) \|High jump \|1.85 m \|{{efn\|name=QUALY}}
1996 \|align=left\|Olympic Games \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|USA}} Atlanta \|bgcolor=pink align="center" \| DISQ \|High jump \|1.99 m \|{{efn\|Originally placed 4th but after the games it was determined that a doping offence had been committed and her Olympic result was annulled.}}{{efn\|name=DOPING}}
rowspan=2\|1997 \|align=left\|World Championships \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|GRE}} Athens \|7th \|High jump \|1.93 m \|
align=left\|Mediterranean Games \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Bari \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|High jump \|1.95 m \|
2003 \|align=left\|World Championships \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Paris \|17th (q) \|High jump \|1.85 m \|{{efn\|name=QUALY}}
2004 \|align=left\|World Indoor Championships \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|HUN}} Budapest \|11th (q) \|High jump \|1.90 m \|{{efn\|name=QUALY}}

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Year

Competition

Venue

Rank

Event

Measure

Notes

1989

|align=left|European Junior Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} Varaždin

|5th

|High jump

|1.83 m

1990

|align=left|World Junior Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} Plovdiv

|8th

|High jump

|1.81 m

1992

|align=left|Olympic Games

|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|22nd (q)

|High Jump

|1.90 m

|{{efn|name=QUALY|Results with a q indicate overall position in qualifying round.}}

1993

|align=left|World Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Stuttgart

|6th

|High jump

|1.94 m

|{{AthAbbr|PB}}

1994

|align=left|European Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Helsinki

|19th (q)

|High jump

|1.85 m

|{{efn|name=QUALY}}

1996

|align=left|Olympic Games

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Atlanta

|bgcolor=pink align="center" | DISQ

|High jump

|1.99 m

|{{efn|Originally placed 4th but after the games it was determined that a doping offence had been committed and her Olympic result was annulled.}}{{efn|name=DOPING}}

rowspan=2|1997

|align=left|World Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} Athens

|7th

|High jump

|1.93 m

align=left|Mediterranean Games

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Bari

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|High jump

|1.95 m

2003

|align=left|World Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris

|17th (q)

|High jump

|1.85 m

|{{efn|name=QUALY}}

2004

|align=left|World Indoor Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest

|11th (q)

|High jump

|1.90 m

|{{efn|name=QUALY}}

National titles

Antonella Bevilacqua has won 13 times the individual national championship.{{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=29 November 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=29 November 2012}}