Anita Pistone

Anita Pistone

Personal information
Full name	Anita Sebastiana Pistone
Nationality	Italian
Born	October 29, 1976 Catania, Italy
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 11.27 (2008) 200 m hs: 23.76 (2007)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Mediterranean Games 0 2 0 European Cup 0 0 1

Anita Pistone (born October 29, 1976 in Catania) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Italy.^[1]

Biography

Pistone represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed second in her first round heat after Muna Lee in a time of 11.43. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi finals as her time of 11.56 was the sixth time of her race.^[1] Together with Vincenza Calì, Giulia Arcioni and Audrey Alloh she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay. In their first round heat they were however disqualified and eliminated for the final.^[1]

National records

• 4×100 metres relay: 43.04 ( Annecy, 21 June 2008) - with Audrey Alloh, Giulia Arcioni, Vincenza Calì - current holder

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2001	Mediterranean Games	Tunis	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.89
2008	European Cup	Annecy	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.04
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.86

See also

• Italy national relay team

References

1. Athlete biography: Anita Pistone, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 28, 2008

External links

• Anita Pistone profile at IAAF
• Anita Pistone at Sports Reference