Gabriella Dorio (born 27 June 1957) is an Italian former athlete and Olympic gold winner. She won three medals at senior level at International athletics competitions.
Biography She first participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics, placing sixth in the 1500 metres race then ran the same event and placed fifth in Summer Olympics four years later. She won the gold medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships, the bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships, and finally the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, beating the Romanians Doina Melinte (silver) and Maricica Puică (bronze).
She represented her national team 65 times between 1973 and 1991.
Achievements 1973European Junior ChampionshipsDuisburg, West Germany8th800 m1974European Championships Rome, Italy9th1,500 m1975European Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 3rd1,500 m1976Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 6th1,500 m1978European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 6th1,500 m1979Mediterranean GamesSplit, Yugoslavia 1st800 m1980Olympic GamesMoscow, Soviet Union8th800 m4th1,500 m1982European Indoor ChampionshipsMilan, Italy 1st1,500 mEuropean ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 3rd1,500 m1983European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary4th1,500 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland7th1,500 m1984European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden8th1,500 mOlympic GamesLos Angeles California, United States4th800 m 1st1,500 m
National titles Gabriella Dorio has 23 individual wins in the national championships. 7 wins in the 800 metres (1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) 10 wins in the 1500 metres (1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) 2 wins in the 800 metres indoor (1978, 1979) 2 wins in the 1500 metres indoor (1981, 1983) 2 wins in the cross country running (1976, 1983)
See also Italian Athletics Championships - Women multi winners Italy national athletics team - Women's more caps Italian all-time top lists - 800 m Italian all-time top lists - 1500 m FIDAL Hall of Fame
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