Valentina Uccheddu
Italian long jumper
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Valentina Uccheddu (born 26 October 1966) is a retired Italian long jumper. She won six national championships and competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||
| Born | October 26, 1966 | ||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | ||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Long jump | ||||||||
| Club | Atletica oristano | ||||||||
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Medal record
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Early life
Career
Uccheddu contested her first International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) event in Trento, Italy in June 1988. She won the event with a jump of 6.62 m.[2]
She finished ninth at the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[3]
In 1991, she won the first of her Italian Athletics Championships titles, winning both the outdoor and indoor long jump titles.[4][5] She also finished seventh at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Seville, Spain[2] and won the silver medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens, Greece.[6]
She retained her national outdoor title the following year.[4]
Uccheddu made her Olympic debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1] The women's long jump took place on 6 and 7 August 1992 at the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc. In qualifying, Uccheddu recorded a jump of 6.6 m which was ultimately not enough to advance to the final and she finished 21st overall.[7]
In 1995, she won her fourth Italian Athletics Championships title, winning the outdoor long jump for the third time.[4]
She won a double Italian Athletics Championships again in 1999, taking both the outdoor and indoor long jump titles as she had eight years previously.[4][5]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 9th | 6.58 m (wind: -0.4 m/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: -0.1 m/s) | ||
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th | 6.76 m | |
National titles
Valentina Uccheddu has won six times individually at the national championships.[4][5]
