Manuela Levorato

{{short description|Italian sprinter}}

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

| club = C.S. Aeronautica Militare

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| birth_place = Dolo, Italy

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  • 100 m: 11.14 (2001) 20px
  • 200 m: 22.60 (1999)
  • 400 m: 52.16 (2002)

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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2002 Munich|100 metres}}

{{MedalBronze|2002 Munich|200 metres}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2001 Tunis|100 metres}}

{{MedalBronze|1997 Bari|4x100 metres relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1999 Gothenburg|100 metres}}

{{MedalGold|1999 Gothenburg|200 metres}}

{{MedalBronze|1997 Turku|4x100 metres relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|{{nowrap|1995 Nyíregyháza}}|{{nowrap|4x100 metres relay}}}}

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Manuela Levorato (born 16 March 1977, in Dolo) is an Italian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.

She won eight medals at the International athletics championships and games.{{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=27 October 2012}}

Biography

At the 2002 European Championships Levorato won a bronze medal in these two events. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2005.

Her personal best times are 11.14 s (100 m, 2001) and 22.60 s (200 m, 1999).

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}
rowspan=3|1996

|rowspan=3|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=3|Sydney, Australia

|7th

|100m

|11.54

2nd (h)Did not show in the quarterfinal.

|200m

|24.10 (wind: 0.0 m/s)

5th

|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay

|45.27

rowspan=2|1997

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Turku, Finland

|4th

|100m

|11.56 (wind: +1.6 m/s)

bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay

|44.73

rowspan=2|1999

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Gothenburg, Sweden

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100m

|11.26 (wind: -0.2 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200m

|22.68 (wind: -0.5 m/s)

rowspan=2|2002

| rowspan=2|European Championships

| rowspan=2|Munich, Germany

| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

| 100 metres

| 11.23

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

| 200 metres

| 22.75

National titles

Manuela Levorato has won 15 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 |accessdate=27 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf |archivedate=24 December 2012 }}

See also

References

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