Career
She is affiliated with the Fiamme Gialle Castelporziano sports club Rigaudo represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She was the bronze medallist over 20 km at the 2011 European Race Walking Cup and went on to place fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.
In 2002 she received a public warning for high levels of caffeine in her doping sample.
She came third at the 2012 Memorial Mario Albisetti, finishing behind Russia"s Tatyana Sibileva. 20 km walk
2 wins in the 5000 m walk track (2004, 2007)
4 wins in the 20 km walk (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008)
6 wins in the 3000 metres walk indoor (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).