Sara Bertoli
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| Nationality |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1979 Rome,Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft7+1⁄2in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Luigi Filipponi[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Sara Bertoli(born 5 May 1979 inRome) is an Italianmodern pentathlete.[2]She won two medals, silver and bronze, in the women's relay event at the 2002 and2004 World ChampionshipsinSan Francisco, California,United Statesand inWarsaw, Poland,respectively. Bertoli is a member of the modern pentathlon team forGruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre,and is coached and trained by Luigi Filipponi.[1]
Bertoli qualified for the2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing,where she competed inwomen's modern pentathlon,along with her teammateClaudia Corsini.[3]During the competition, Bertoli struggled to attain a higher position in the early rounds, with poor scores inpistol shooting,in one-touchépéefencing, and in freestyle swimming. She managed to improve her performance in the show jumping segment, but dropped to thirty-fourth position, when her horse Naonao repeatedly knocked off numerous obstacles, and suddenly fell her into the ground.[4]In the end, Bertoli finished the event with cross-country running in thirty-second place, for a total score of 4,956 points.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abc"CONI Profile – Sara Bertoli"(in Italian).Italian National Olympic Committee.Retrieved25 January2013.
- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Sara Bertoli".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved25 January2013.
- ^"Pentathlon: Sara Bertoli e Claudia Corsini si qualificano ai Giochi"[Pentathlon: Sara and Claudia Bertoli Corsini qualify for the Games] (in Italian).Italian National Olympic Committee.10 June 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 18 July 2012.Retrieved25 January2013.
- ^"Women's Modern Pentathlon – Riding".NBC Olympics.Retrieved25 January2013.
- ^"Women's Modern Pentathlon".NBC Olympics.Archived fromthe originalon 30 July 2012.Retrieved25 January2013.
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Italian female modern pentathletes
- Olympic modern pentathletes for Italy
- Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Rome
- 20th-century Italian women
- 21st-century Italian women
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