Italian long-distance runner
Valeria Straneo (born 5 April 1976) is an Italian long-distance runner , winner of the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and Italian record holder in the marathon .
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.[ 1]
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 ).[ 2] [ 3] 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.[ 4] [ 5] The Turin Marathon saw her finish third with a time of 2:27:04 hours.[ 6]
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).[ 2]
National records
Half marathon: 1:07:46 ( Ostia , 26 February 2012) - Current holder.[ 4]
Marathon: 2:23:44 ( Rotterdam , 15 April 2012) - Current holder.[ 7]
Achievements
Road races
National titles
Straneo won eight national championships at individual senior level, she has won, at 36 years old for her first time, the individual national championship .[ 2] [ 9]
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