Elisabetta Perrone (born 9 July 1968) is a former race walker from Italy who won eighteen medals, eight of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1]

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Elisabetta Perrone

Perrone in a race walk competition in Biella in 1993.
Personal information
Born	(1968-07-09) 9 July 1968 (age 55) Camburzano, Biella, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Club	G.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	10 km: 41:56 (1993) 20 km: 1:27:09 (2001)
Medal record Individual Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships 0 1 1 Mediterranean Games 1 1 0 European Race Walking Cup 0 2 1 Total 1 5 2 Team Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Race Walking Cup 1 4 0 European Race Walking Cup 3 2 0 Total 4 6 0 Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 10 km walk World Championships 1995 Gothenburg 10 km walk 2001 Edmonton 20 km walk

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Elisabetta Perrone won six medals, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1] She participated at four editions of the Summer Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004), she has 39 caps in sixteen years in national team from 1981 to 2004.^[2]

• 20 km race walk: 1:27:09 ( Dudince, 19 May 2001). Record held until 17 May 2015 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi with 1:26:17)
• 5000 m race walk: 20:12.24 ( Rieti, 2 August 2003).^[3] Record held until 18 May 2014 (broken by Eleonora Giorgi with 20.01.80)

Perrone won 9 national championships at individual senior level.

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 5000 m walk (track): 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003 (4)^[4]
  • 10,000 m walk (track): 1994, 1995 (2)^[5]
  • 20 km: 2001 (1)
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 3000 m walk: 1998, 2003 (2)^[4][6]

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