{"id":14646,"date":"2024-05-02T15:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roma2024.eu\/?p=14646"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:30:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:30:50","slug":"long-jump-legend-fiona-may-will-be-roma-2024-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roma2024.eu\/en\/long-jump-legend-fiona-may-will-be-roma-2024-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Long jump legend Fiona May will be Roma 2024 Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14646\" class=\"elementor elementor-14646\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d702bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d702bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c419dce\" data-id=\"c419dce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87bd101 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87bd101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>The athletics legend <strong>Fiona May<\/strong> will be Ambassador of the <strong>European Athletics Championships to be held in Rome from 7 to 12 June at the Olympic Stadium and the Foro Italico Park<\/strong> (tickets on sale <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/roma2024.vivaticket.it\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">).<\/span><\/p><p>The collaboration between the long jump legend and the <strong>EuroRoma 2024 Foundation<\/strong> (LOC) represents an important synergy between a sports icon and one of the most important events of 2024.<\/p><p>After a career full of glory, <strong>Fiona May<\/strong> is keeping his commitment to promoting sport and its values, and now she is ready to join the <strong>Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships<\/strong> team. The legend will take part in the upcoming institutional initiatives and communication activities to promote the Championships.<\/p><p>\u201cI am honoured to be Ambassador of the <strong>Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships<\/strong>. I am really excited to take part in the event with such an important role. It will be great to share this amazing experience with the new champions of Italian and international athletics,&#8221; says <strong>Fiona May<\/strong>, who has represented excellence in athletics for years. Born in <strong>Slough<\/strong> in the UK in 1969, after starting her career with the British national team <strong>she joined the Italian national team from 1994<\/strong>, winning two world gold, silver and bronze medals and two Olympic silver medals in the long jump. She is still the Italian record holder in the speciality (<strong>7.11 metres<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/p><p>This passion for athletics and long jump has also been passed on to her daughter <strong>Larissa Iapichino<\/strong>, who has followed in her footsteps and currently holds the World Under-20 and Italian indoor records in the long jump.<\/p><p>The programme of the R<strong>oma 2024 European Athletics Championships<\/strong> includes six consecutive days of competition and eleven sessions in total. The <strong>women&#8217;s long jump<\/strong> qualification will take place at 10.35 a.m. on <strong>Tuesday, 11 June<\/strong>, while the final is scheduled for 8.54 p.m. in the last evening session on <strong>Wednesday, 12 June<\/strong>. The closing of the Championships promises to be exciting, with ten finals scheduled, including the <strong>women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s 4&#215;100 and 4&#215;400 relays<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il nome di Roma e uno dei simboli dell\u2019atletica in un unico disegno: \u00e8 da questa fusione che nasce la forza del nostro logo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Long jump legend Fiona May will be Roma 2024 Ambassador - Roma 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The athletics legend Fiona May will be Ambassador of the European Athletics Championships to be held in Rome from 7 to 12 June at the Olympic Stadium and the Foro Italico Park. 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