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Fiona May - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fiona May

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Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Flag of Italy Italy
Olympic Games
Silver 1996 Atlanta Long jump
Silver 2000 Sydney Long jump
World Championships
Gold 1995 Gothenburg Long jump
Gold 2001 Edmonton Long jump
Silver 1999 Seville Long jump
Bronze 1997 Athens Long jump
European Championships
Silver 1998 Budapest Long jump
Bronze 1994 Helsinki Long jump

Fiona May (born December 12, 1969 in Slough, England) was an athlete who competed for the United Kingdom and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals. Her personal best jump was 7.11 metres, which was her silver medal result at the 1998 European Championships.

She also competed briefly in triple jump, and her career best of 14.65 metres from 1998 was good enough to place fifth in the world that season. [1]

May originally competed for Great Britain, but married Gianni Iapichino and became an Italian citizen in 1994. Iapichino, a former pole vaulter whose best achievements were a fifth and sixth place at the European Indoor Championships in 1992 and 1994, was her coach as well. May gave birth to a daughter in 2002, and missed the whole season as a result. Her last significant competition to date was the 2005 World Championships, where she failed to reach the final.

May attended Leeds Trinity & All Saints College, part of the University of Leeds, studying Economics, Business Management and Administration.

In 2006 she retired from competitions and started a new successful career in show business. After some modelling, she became the spokeswoman of the Kinder snacks and she won the Italian version of Dancing with the stars in 2006. Later this year her acting debut will be broadcasted on Rai Due: she's the protagonist of "Butta la luna", a miniseries about racism and social integration.

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 1st
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 6th
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 7th
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 2nd
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st
World Championships Athens, Greece 3rd
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 1st
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd
1999 World Championships Sevilla, Spain 2nd
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2nd
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 4th
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st
2003 World Championships Paris, France 9th
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Flag of Brazil Maurren Higa Maggi
Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance
2000
Succeeded by
Flag of Russia Tatyana Kotova



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