Rosaria Console

Rosaria Console

Rosaria Console at the 2011 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1979-12-17) 17 December 1979
Martina Franca, Italy
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long distance running
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by Luciano Gigliotti
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 3000 m: 9:15.80 (2000)
  • 5000 m: 15:49.50 (1999)
  • 10,000 m: 32:55.42 (2000)
  • Half marathon: 1:09:34 (2005)
  • Marathon: 2:26:45 (2009)

Rosaria Console, better known as Rosalba (born 17 December 1979 in Martina Franca, Taranto) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon and marathon.

Biography

She won four medals, one of these at junior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1] She participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (2004, 2012). She has 14 caps in national team from 1994 to 2012.[2] She suffered a tibia problem in early 2011 but still managed to take fifth place at the Rome City Marathon in March.[3] She won six national championships (one on 10000 m in 2008, three on half-marathon in 2003, 2009 and 2010, one on marathon in 2008).[4]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 18th (h) 5000m 16:51.21
1999 European U23 Championships Göteborg, Sweden 7th 5000m 15:51.35
2nd 10,000m 33:05.77
Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1st Half marathon 1:14:14
2001 Padua Marathon Padua, Italy 1st Marathon 2:30:55
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 20th Marathon 2:34:11
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 5th Marathon 2:35:23
2003 World Championships Paris, France Marathon DNF
2004 Vienna Marathon Vienna, Austria 1st Marathon 2:29:22
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 16th Marathon 2:35:56
2005 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 2nd Half marathon 1:15:40
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 19th Marathon 2:32:47
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden Marathon DNF
2008 Italian Marathon Carpi, Italy 1st Marathon 2:30:44
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 2nd Half marathon 1:12:34
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th Marathon 2:36:20
2012 Olympic Games London, Great Britain 30th Marathon 2:30:09

National championships

She has won the individual national championship 5 times.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Podio Internazionale dal 1908 al 2008 - Donne" [International Podium 1908 to 2008 - Women] (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  3. Sampaolo, Diego (20 March 2011). "Dado takes third straight Rome title as Chumba surprises". IAAF. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  4. "Italian Championships". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  5. ""Campionati "Assoluti" Italiani sul podio tricolore – 1923 2012" [Championship "Absolute" Italians on the Tricolore Podium 1923 2012] (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

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