Keep reaping successes Patricia Aletta, a postman-athlete who in recent years had already brought home a considerable collection of medals, winning in various national and international competitions. After having won in 2022 in Braga, in Portugal, the gold medal at the European Masters Indoor in the hammer throw, the fifty-year-old from Caserta repeated herself in recent days in Pescara, improving on the result of the last edition in the continental competition with a gold medal in the hammer, one in the pentathlon of throws and a bronze in the hammer.
«Winning is always a great emotion - says the champion beaming -, but the moment when the spark ignites inside me is when, before the race, the national anthem resounds: listening to it gives me an incredible boost. In those moments, the adrenaline rises and the fatigue of training and sacrifices carried out for months suddenly disappears».
Patrizia, 51, has worn the Poste Italiane uniform for fourteen years, and those who work with her on a daily basis describe her as a hard worker.
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A long trail of successes testifies to this dedication: in 2021, in Enna, two golds at the Italian Masters category pentathlon throwing championships with a record score of 4.157 points (the previous record was 4.033 points). On that occasion, the result of 48,58 meters allowed her to surpass the previous women's singles record in the category in the hammer throw by two meters and ten centimeters.
Previously, in 2018, Aletta had won two silver medals in the hammer and short-handled hammer at the European Championships in Venice for the SF45 category. «I started at 13 with volleyball: a coach noticed my serve and understood that I had an extraordinary strength. So he suggested that I try throwing. But I am also enthusiastic about my job, which is tiring and at the same time rewarding, because it allows you to meet people and be around», says Aletta, who delivers letters and packages in the Aversa area and at 35 years old had already won the SF35 world championship in the pentathlon. «In the Post Office - concludes - I feel at home."
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