Erica Alfridi

Erica Alfridi (born 22 February 1968) is a former Italian race walker, who has won an individual senior level World Race Walking Cup.^[1]

Erica Alfridi

Alfridi in 1990s.
Personal information
National team	Italy: 29 caps (1988-2004)^[1]
Born	(1968-02-02) 2 February 1968 (age 56) Tregnago, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	20 km walk
Club	Snam Gas Metano
Coached by	Sandro Damilano
Retired	2004
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	10 km: 42:15 (1997) 20 km: 1:27:29 (2001)
Medal record Individual Event 1st 2nd 3rd European Championships 0 1 1 World Race Walking Cup 1 0 0 Mediterranean Games 1 0 0 Total 2 1 1 Team Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Race Walking Cup 1 2 1 European Race Walking Cup 2 2 0 Total 3 4 1

Biography

Erica Alfridi won three medals, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions.^[2] She participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (2000), she has 29 caps in sixteen years in national team from 1988 to 2004.^[3]

Progression

She finished the season 10 times in world top 20, in 1997 she was World Leader in the 10 km walk.^[4][5]

10 km walk

Year	Time	Venue	Date	World Rank
2002	43:05	Piacenza	30 JUN	5th
2001	43:23	Sesto San Giovanni	01 MAY	5th
2000	43:09	Vittorio Veneto	16 JUL	2nd
1998	42:54	Budapest	20 AUG	13th
1997	42:15	Naumburg	25 MAY	12th
1996	43:27	Moscow	02 JUN	58th
1995	43:54	Fougères	11 JUN
1989	44:34	Naumburg	01 MAY	18th

20 km walk

Year	Time	Venue	Date	World Rank
2004	1:33:19	Tijuana	20 MAR
2002	1:28:33	Munich	07 AUG	8th
2001	1:27:29	Dudince	19 MAY	7th
2000	1:28:06	Eisenhüttenstadt	17 JUN	10th
1999	1:31:52	Campobasso	13 MAR
1997	1:28:13	Cassino	09 MAR	1st
1996	1:32:53	Abano Terme	06 OCT

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	5th	10 km
	World Race Walking Cup	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	4th	10 km
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	10 km
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	20 km
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	4th	20 km
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th	20 km
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	4th	20 km
	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	1st	20 km
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	4th	20 km
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	3rd	20 km
	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	1st	20 km

National titles

She won 11 times the individual national championship.^[6][7]

• 2 wins in the 5000 walk track (1998, 2002)
• 2 wins in the 10 km walk (1988, 1997)
• 3 wins in the 20 km walk (1996, 1997, 1999)
• 4 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000)

See also

• Italy at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships - Multiple medalists
• Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists
• Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk

References

1. (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
2. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
3. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
4. "Erica Alfridi - Top 25 Lists". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
5. "All-time women's best 10000m road race-walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
6. (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
7. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

External links

• Erica Alfridi at World Athletics 
• Erica Alfridi at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian) 
• Erica Alfridi at Olympedia 
• Erica Alfridi at La marcia nel mondo (in Italian)