Nationality Italian Coached by Beatrice Brossa Weight 44 kg Club Runner Team 99 Height 1.68 m | Sport Athletics Role Runner Name Valeria Straneo Events Long-distance running | |
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Born 5 April 1976 (age 48) ( 1976-04-05 ) Alessandria, Italy Children Leonardo Straneo, Ariane Straneo | ||
Valeria straneo in preparazione della n y c marathon 2014
Valeria Straneo (born 5 April 1976) is an Italian long-distance runner, winner of the silver medal at the Moscow 2013 Athletics World Championships and Italian record holder in the marathon.
Contents
- Valeria straneo in preparazione della n y c marathon 2014
- Valeria straneo in preparazione per la new york city marathon
- Biography
- National records
- Road races
- National championships
- References
She won the Stramilano in 2011 and bettered the half marathon Italian record at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon in 2012, although it was not ratified as the course doesn't meet Fidal criteria.
Valeria straneo in preparazione per la new york city marathon
Biography
Born in Alessandria, it was only after the removal of her spleen, in 2010, that she began to reach a national standard of running. At 35 years old, she ranked eighth in the 2011 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:26:33 hours. This met the qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympic Games, but three other athletes had run faster than her (Anna Incerti, Rosaria Console and Nadia Ejjafini). However, she broke the 12-year-old Italian record at the Rotterdam Marathon in April, finishing as runner-up with a time of 2:23:44 hours. The Turin Marathon saw her finish third with a time of 2:27:04 hours.
Straneo has represented the Italy national athletics team once (at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships) and has won twice at the national championships. She has two children, Leonardo (born 2006) and Arianna (born 2007).
National records
Road races
National championships
She has won, at 36 years old for her first time, the individual national championship.