Quick facts
Date of birth: 23.06.1993Resident of in Colle di Val d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy.Club: Esercito.Coach: Vanna Radi, since 2010.Sponsored by ASICS.Education: master's degree in Touristic Promotion (Univeristà per Stranieri di Siena) and in Advertisment and creation of events (Università di Firenze).
Personal bests
100m: 11"21 200m: 22"96 60m indoor: 7''30200m indoor: 23"60
Career HIGHLIGHTS
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2021 and Paris 2024 with the Italian 4x100m relay.
- 7th at the World Championships 2019 in Doha with the Italian 4x100m relay.
- 9th at the World Championships 2017 in London over 200m.
- World Athletics Relay winner, Chorzow 2021, 4x100m relay.
- World University Games winner.
- 5 European championships participations in the 100m, 200m and relay.
Background
Irene started with athletics back in 2006 at school. She was a skater, but her mum insisted to try another sport. She loved the competitions and the speed since the first day. In 2011 she became part of the National team U20, and then from 2013 member of the National senior team. Since 2015, Irene is part of the professional athletic club „Esercito“. Together with the daily workouts, Irene never left her higher studies: she owns 2 degrees and a master, with a love for foreign languages (she speaks Italian, English, French, Spanish and a little bit Arabic). She loves reading book sagas in her free time.
