Rosaria Console

Rosaria Console

Rosaria Console at the 2011 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	17 December 1979 Martina Franca, Italy
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
Country	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)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Summer Universiade 1 0 0 Mediterranean Games 0 2 0 European U23 Championships 0 1 0 International Marathons Event 1st 2nd 3rd Italian Marathon 1 0 0 Padua Marathon 1 0 0 Vienna Marathon 1 0 0

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]

• 1 win in 10,000 metres (2008)
• 3 wins in half marathon (2003, 2009, 2010)
• 1 win in marathon (2008)

See also

• Italian all-time top lists - Half marathon
• Italian all-time top lists - Marathon

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.

External links

• Rosaria Console profile at IAAF
• Rosaria Console at Sports Reference
• Media related to Rosaria Console at Wikimedia Commons