The Italian middle distance runner passes from Ole Miss in Oxford (Mississippi) to On Athletic Club in Boulder (Colorado)
Giorgio Rondelli
The news came a few days ago, but in some ways it always causes a sensation. The blue Sintayehu Vissauniversity student of social assistance at the Ole Miss of Oxford in Mississippihe signed a contract as a professional and will shortly move to theON ATHLETIC CLUB of Boulder in Colorado, where she will be trained by Jerry Schumacher, one of the most experienced and famous American coaches for middle distance competitions. Naturally with great satisfaction for the 26 year old athlete registered for theAthletics Brugnera Friulintagli, who during the three years he lived in America has really changed his skin from an athletic point of view. Especially in the last two years, improving his personnel up to go down to 2’01 “06 on 800 meters and to 4’04” 64 on 1500 meters. This last result has also opened the door for her to make her debut in the blue jersey at the recent ones world championships of Eugene.
The story of Sintayehu Vissa
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The story of this girl is singular, born on 29 July 1996 in Bahir Dar, in Ethiopiaand then adopted by the spouses Giuseppe Vissa and Anita Bertoliniwho brought her to live in Italy with their other two daughters in the small urban center of Pozzecco di Bertiolo, just over 500 inhabitants, not far from Udine. Also thanks to them, the girl began to practice athletics. She first on the 400 floors and 400 obstacles, then in the middle distance, with decent results, so much so that in 2020 she received a scholarship for the University of St. Leo in Florida. There she Vissa she stays only one year, then in 2021 she moves to the Ole Miss of Oxforf in Mississippi, where she is trained by the excellent Ryan Vanhoy. In short, his chronometric progress becomes systematic. Above all, an event never happened for an athlete from her university, the talented “Sinta” as she is called by her friends, last June 8 she managed to win Eugene the Ncaa national title on 1500 meters.
Sintayehu Vissa professional
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Now, in front of her, another world opens up. That of professionalism. With everything it takes to get even higher. In terms of timing, you would mean being able to drop below 2 minutes on 800 and under 4 minutes on 1500. With the goal of becoming the best Italian fast middle-distance athlete in the near future. Head, legs and desire to arrive are all there. After all, his story is almost parallel to that of Yema Crippa. He too was adopted by an Italian family who took him, along with his other brothers, from an orphanage in Addis Ababa and then started athletics until last Sunday in Munich the title of European champion of 10,000 meters.
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