Gabriella Dorio

Gabriella Dorio

Dorio in 1981
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1957-06-27) 27 June 1957 Veggiano, Veneto, Italy
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Relative	Francesca Michielin (daughter-in-law)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	Iveco Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800 m: 1:57.66 (1980) 1500 m: 3:58.65 (1982)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Italy Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 1500 m European Championships 1982 Athens 1500 m European Indoor Championships 1982 Milan 1500 m World Cross Country Championships 1976 Chepstow Team 1982 Rome Team Summer Universiade 1981 Bucharest 1500 m 1983 Edmonton 1500 m 1981 Bucharest 800 m

Gabriella Dorio (born 27 June 1957) is an Italian former athlete and Olympic gold winner. She won three medals at senior level at International athletics competitions.

Biography

She first participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics, placing sixth in the 1500 metres race then ran the same event and placed fifth in Summer Olympics four years later. She won the gold medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships, the bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships, and finally the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, beating the Romanians Doina Melinte (silver) and Maricica Puică (bronze).

She represented her national team 65 times between 1973 and 1991.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1973	European Junior Championships	Duisburg, West Germany	8th	800 m
1974	European Championships	Rome, Italy	9th	1,500 m
1975	European Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	1,500 m
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	6th	1,500 m
1978	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia	6th	1,500 m
1979	Mediterranean Games	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	800 m
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	8th	800 m
			4th	1,500 m
1982	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	1st	1,500 m
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	1,500 m
1983	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	1,500 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	1,500 m
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	1,500 m
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles California, United States	4th	800 m
			1st	1,500 m

National titles

Gabriella Dorio has 23 individual wins in the national championships.

• 7 wins in the 800 metres (1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
• 10 wins in the 1500 metres (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)
• 2 wins in the 800 metres indoor (1978, 1979)
• 2 wins in the 1500 metres indoor (1981, 1983)
• 2 wins in the cross country running (1976, 1983)

See also

• Italian Athletics Championships - Women multi winners
• Italy national athletics team - Women's more caps
• Italian all-time top lists - 800 m
• Italian all-time top lists - 1500 m
• FIDAL Hall of Fame

External links

• Gabriella Dorio at World Athletics
• Gabriella Dorio at Tilastopaja (registration required)
• Gabriella Dorio at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Gabriella Dorio at Athletics Podium
• Gabriella Dorio at Olympics.com
• Gabriella Dorio at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Gabriella Dorio at Olympedia
• Gabriella Dorio at InterSportStats