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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||
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Veggiano, Italy |
27 June 1957 ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||||||
Club | Iveco Torino | ||||||||||||||||||
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Gabriella Dorio (born 27 June 1957 in Veggiano, Veneto) is an Italian former athlete and Olympic gold winner. She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
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 4 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 has 65 caps in national team from 1973 to 1991.
Gabriella Dorio has won 23 times the individual national championship.