Annarita Sidoti (25 July 1969 – 21 May 2015) was an Italian race walker.
Biography Annarita Sidoti was born in Gioiosa Marea. She won eleven medals at senior level in international competition. She participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000), and earned 47 caps in fifteen years in the national team from 1987 to 2002.
She appeared in the film Le complici (1998) by director Emanuela Piovano, in which she played a prostitute.
Death She died on 21 May 2015 in Gioiosa Marea, Italy, of metastatic breast cancer, which had spread to her liver and brain. She was 45 years old.1997 world race walking champion Sidoti dies, IAAF.org, 22 May 2015; retrieved 28 June 2015.Atletica in lutto: è morta Annarita Sidoti. La Gazzetta Dello Sport, 21 May 2015; retrieved 28 June 2015.
International competitions Representing 1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 4th 5000m 22:36.47 1989 World Race Walking Cup L'Hospitalet, Spain 8th 10 km 44:59 1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 3rd 3000 m 12:27.94 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st 10 km 44:00 1991 Summer Universiade Buffalo, United States 3rd 10 km 45:10 World Race Walking Cup San Jose, United States 9th 10 km 45:28 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 9th 10 km 44:18 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 7th 10 km 45:23 1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 7th 10 km 46:14 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 9th 10 km 44:13 1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st 3000 m 11:54.32 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 10 km 42:43 1995 World Race Walking Cup Beijing, China 8th 10 km 43:55 Summer Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 1st 10 km 43:22 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 13th 10 km 44:06 1996 European Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 1st 10 km 43:26 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 11th 10 km 43:57 1997 Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 2nd 10 km 45:35 World Championships Athens, Greece 1st 10,000m 42:55.49 Summer Universiade Catania, Italy 3rd 10 km 44:38 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 10 km 42:49 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain — 20 km DNF 2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 5th 20 km 1:28:38 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia — 20 km DNF 2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 11th 20 km 1:31:43 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 8th 20 km 1:31:40 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 8th 20 km 1:31:19
National titles She won ten times at the Italian Athletics Championships. 1 win in the 5 km walk (1995) 1 win in the 10 km walk (1991) 4 wins in the 20 km walk (1992, 1995, 2000, 2002) 4 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1991, 1994, 2001, 2002)
See also Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists Italian all-time lists – 20 km walk FIDAL Hall of Fame
Notes Sources give her age at death as 44, but this is contradicted by widespread record of her year of birth as 1969 throughout the entirely of her career (by international and national athletics federations and Olympic scholars) and before publication of her death.Italian race-walking champion Annarita Sidoti dies at 44 (sic), timesofindia.indiatimes.com; accessed 21 May 2015.Annarita Sidoti , raisport.rai.it; retrieved 28 June 2015.
References
External links
Annarita Sidoti at La marcia nel mondo