Fiona May

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Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for 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