Manuela Grillo

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

| club = G.S. Forestale

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|5|9}}

| birth_place = Pavia, Italy

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| coach= Andrea Nuti

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100 m: 11.50 (1997)
200 m: 23.78 (2000)
400 m: 54.88 (2007)
60 m indoor: 7.41 (2001)
200 m indoor: 24.06 (2001)

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Manuela Grillo (born 9 May 1977 in Pavia) is a former Italian sprinter.

She won three medals, to senior level, with the national relay team at the International athletics competitions.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE-D-1908-2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE|publisher=sportolimpico.it|accessdate=29 November 2012}}

Biography

Manuela Grillo also participated, at individual level, at one edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics (2001), she has 22 caps in national team from 1995 to 2007.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}}

In 2011, after her athlete career, she is dedicated to cycling, touching, but not reaching, the qualification to the 2012 Summer Olympic.{{cite web|url=http://laprovinciapavese.gelocal.it/sport/2011/07/05/news/grillo-sogno-olimpico-con-il-ciclismo-obiettivo-londra-1.716481|title=Grillo, sogno olimpico con il ciclismo "Obiettivo Londra"|publisher=laprovinciapavese.gelocal.it|language=italian|accessdate=25 November 2012}}

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
rowspan=2\|1996 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Sydney, Australia \|34th (h) \|200m \|24.80 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
5th \|{{nowrap\|4 × 100 m}} relay \|45.27
rowspan=2\|1997 \|rowspan=2\|European U23 Championships \|rowspan=2\|Turku, Finland \|14th (h) \|200m \|24.70 (wind: 1.9 m/s)
bgcolor="cc9966"\|3rd \|{{nowrap\|4 × 100 m}} relay \|44.73
1999 \|European U23 Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|16th (h) \|100m \|11.89 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
rowspan=1\|2001 \| rowspan=1 \|World Indoor Championships \| rowspan=1 \|Lisbon, Portugal \| {{tooltip\|Heat\|Eliminated in heat}} \| 60 metres \| 7.59

colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}

rowspan=2|1996

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Sydney, Australia

|34th (h)

|200m

|24.80 (wind: -0.3 m/s)

5th

|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay

|45.27

rowspan=2|1997

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Turku, Finland

|14th (h)

|200m

|24.70 (wind: 1.9 m/s)

bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay

|44.73

1999

|European U23 Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|16th (h)

|100m

|11.89 (wind: -0.2 m/s)

rowspan=1|2001

| rowspan=1 |World Indoor Championships

| rowspan=1 |Lisbon, Portugal

| {{tooltip|Heat|Eliminated in heat}}

| 60 metres

| 7.59

National titles

Manuela Grillo has won two times the individual national championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|accessdate=25 November 2012}}