HOOPER Gloria

Italy

Athletics

Date of Birth: 3 Mar 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Place of birth: VILLAFRANCA

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : GREAT BRITAIN

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 200m
	Women's 4 x 100m Relay ITA Italy

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Semi-Final 2	Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (23.05)
2012	London, GBR	1R (23.25)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	200m	4 x 100m
2019	Doha, QAT	Heats (23.33)	7th (42.98)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (23.51)	-
2015	Beijing, CHN	SF (22.92)	Heats (43.22)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Heats (23.10)	-

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m
2021	Chorzow, POL	1st (43.79)
2019	Yokohama, JPN	5th (44.29)
2017	Nassau, BAH	Heats (DQ)

European Championships

Year	Location	200m	4 x 100m
2018	Berlin, GER	SF (23.43)	7th (43.42)

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

Year	200m
2021	1 x 7th
2017	1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
6	2017	200m	Monaco, MON	23.31
7	2021	200m	Florence, ITA	23.25

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2019	200m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	23.70

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

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Biotechnology - University of Verona, Italy

Languages spoken:

English, Italian

Club name:

CS Carabinieri [Bologna, ITA]

Coach:

Filippo Di Mule [national], ITA; June Plews [personal], GBR

Start:

She took up athletics at school and decided to pursue the sport seriously in 2009. (naturangi.it, 31 Jan 2016; fidal.it, 2016)

Reason:

Her physical education teacher introduced her to athletics coach Renzo Chemello. "I noticed at age nine I was running faster than others, but for a long time I tried to escape it as I was shy and did not want the others noticing me. Sprinting put me in the spotlight. I chose volleyball and music. Then at age 17 I gave in and after three months at a camp [with Chemello] I was on the podium at the Italian junior championships." (fidal.it, 05 Feb 2016; naturangi.it, 31 Jan 2016)

Training:

She trains in Canterbury, England. (larena.it, 30 Mar 2020)

Philosophy:

"The beauty of athletics is that when you're behind the starting blocks the main thing that identifies you is not the colour of your skin but the nation you represent." (naturangi.it, 31 Jan 2016)

General Interest

General
TIME ABROAD
In 2014 she relocated to Bradenton, FL, United States of America, to spend time training with coach Loren Seagrave, and in 2017 she moved from Italy to England. "Unfortunately, I couldn't finish my university studies because of the move [to England]. Sometimes I come back to [Italy to] see my friends, classmates, and the guys I trained with. Italy was close to me, but I needed to deal with other realities. Even if I went back to live in Verona, it would never be the same again." (larena.it, 30 Mar 2020; fidal.it, 05 Feb 2016)

FAMILY HERITAGE
She was born in Italy to parents from Ghana. (fidal.it, 05 Feb 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

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