Vincenza Calì

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

| club = G.S. Fiamme Azzurre

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1983|10|15}}

| birth_place = Palermo, Italy

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| weight = {{convert|63|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| pb = *100 m: 11.35 (2008)

200 m: 22.98 (2008)

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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Vincenza Calì (born 15 October 1983) is an Italian former track and field sprint athlete.{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/207851.shtml |title=Athlete biography: Vincenza Cali' |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905233931/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/207851.shtml |archive-date=2008-09-05 |access-date=30 August 2008}}

She won three medals at the 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|access-date=12 December 2012}}

Biography

She represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4 × 100 metres relay together with Anita Pistone, Giulia Arcioni, and Audrey Alloh. In their first-round heat they were disqualified and eliminated from the final. She won two medals at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara. She has 11 caps in national team from 2001 to 2008.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}}

She was engaged to the Italy national football team goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon.{{cite web|url=http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/gossip/articoli/articolo166825.shtml|title=Vincenza e Gigi: fine di un amore|publisher=tgcom24.mediaset.it|language=it|access-date=29 November 2012}}

National records

4 × 100 metres relay: 43.04 ({{flagicon|FRA}} Annecy, 21 June 2008) - with Anita Pistone, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh - current holder

National titles

Calì has won the individual national championship 7 times.{{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=12 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=12 February 2013}}