Gisella Orsini

Gisella Orsini

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1971-12-08) 8 December 1971 (age 53) Geneve, Switzerland
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Club	G.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Personal best	20 km walk: 1:31:57 (2016)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Race Walking Cup 0 1 0 European Race Walking Cup 1 2 0 Total 1 3 0

Gisella Orsini (born 8 December 1971) is a Swiss writer and former racewalker. She won a silver medal with the Italian team at the World Race Walking Cup.[1]

Biography

At the end of her career as an athlete she started writing, winning prizes with her books, such as in 2016 for Veleno nelle gole (Poison in the throats) and with subsequent ones.[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin	20th	20 km	1:34:37
			2nd	20 km team	26 pts

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 20 km walk: 2006, 2007

See also

• Italian team at the running events
• Italy at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup
• Italy at the European Race Walking Cup

References

1. "Italy at Race Waliking World Cup" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
2. ""Veleno nelle gole" la sceneggiatura vince al Festival del Cinema Indipendente" (in Italian). primadanoi.it. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

External links

• Gisella Orsini at World Athletics
• Gisella Orsini at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)