Valentina Uccheddu

Valentina Uccheddu
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1966-10-26) October 26, 1966
Oristano, Italy
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long jump
Club Atletica oristano
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Long jump: 6.80 m (1994)
  • Triple jump: 12.32 m (1988)

Valentina Uccheddu (born 26 October 1966 in Oristano) is a retired Italian long jumper.

She briefly held the Italian record with 6.80 metres from Sestriere in 1994, but the same year Fiona May became an Italian citizen. May would later improve the Italian record to 7.11 m.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Italy
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 9th 6.58 m (wind: -0.4m/s)
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 7th 6.58 m
Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 2nd 6.52 m
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 12th 6.38 m
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 4th 6.69 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 13th (q) 6.37 m (wind: -0.1m/s)
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th 6.76 m

National titles

Valentina Uccheddu has won six times individually at the national championships.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

External links

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