CHIGBOLU Maria Benedicta

Italy

Athletics

Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Place of birth: ROME

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : RIETI

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 4 x 400m Relay ITA Italy

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (52.06)	5th (3:27.05)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	Heats (52.63)	Heats (3:27.57)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (53.00)	Heats (3:27.81)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Heats (52.48)	Heats (3:27.07)
2013	Moscow, RUS	-	7th

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2019	Yokohama, JPN	3rd (3:27.74)

European Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2018	Berlin, GER	SF (52.26)	5th (3:28.62)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m
2017	1 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
8	2017	400m	Rome, ITA	52.28

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Hobbies:

Listening to music. (stooshmagazine.com, 19 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Education - Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences Auxilium, Rome, ITA

Languages spoken:

Italian

Club name:

CS Esercito [Rome, ITA]

Coach:

Maria Chiara Milardi [personal], ITA

Sporting relatives:

Her grandfather Julius competed for Nigeria in the high jump at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, and has been president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. (ilcoach.net, 14 Jul 2015; fidal.it, 06 Mar 2015)

Start:

She took up athletics at age 16 in Rome, Italy. (ilcoach.net, 14 Jul 2015; fidal.it, 06 Mar 2015)

Reason:

"A teacher asked me if I was doing sports. He told me that with my body I had to practise athletics, so I started training." (fidal.it, 06 Mar 2015; leandrodesanctis.blogspot.it, 03 May 2014)

Hero:

US sprinter Allyson Felix. (ilcoach.net, 14 Jul 2015)

Philosophy:

"Running is freedom, it is freedom to express yourself, it is awareness of yourself. It's you and the race only. I am an independent woman, from an early age I found strength in myself. Speed for me is not stopping, it is looking forward, speed is pushing you further, giving your best." (stooshmagazine.com, 19 Apr 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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