Ileana Salvador


Ileana Salvador is a former Italian race walker.

Biography

She won ten medals, to senior level, at the International athletics competitions. Specializing in indoor competitions running, boasts six medals, just earned indoor. She participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics, she has 29 caps in national team from 1987 to 1996. She was twice World Best Year Performance in Women's Race Walking: 1992 in the 10 km walk and 1993 in the 20 km walk.
Her career and her life, has inspired a book La marcia infinita di Ileana, from Valter Esposito. She lives in Sweden from 1996 and she is a teacher of italian language and Consular Officer at Embassy of Italy in Sweden.

Records

She is holder of two world records in not Olympic distance, but recognized by IAAF and former older of two records more.

World records

National titles

She won 14 times the individual national championship.