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Maura Viceconte

Italian long-distance runner

Maura Viceconte (3 October 1967 – 10 February 2019) was an Italian long-distance runner who represented her native country twice (1996 and 2000) at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Achievements
  • 3 See also
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Biography

Viceconte is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She won three marathons during her career: Rome (1999), Vienna (2000), and Prague (2001).

Her personal best time of 2:23:47 hours set at the Vienna City Marathon in 2000 stood as the Italian national record until April 2012, when it was beaten by Valeria Straneo.

On 10 February 2019, Viceconte committed suicide by hanging, at the age of 51.

Achievements

See also

  • Italian all-time lists - 5000 metres
  • Italian all-time lists - 10000 metres
  • Italian all-time lists - Half marathon
  • Italian all-time lists - Marathon

References

    External links

    • Maura Viceconte at World Athletics
    • Maura Viceconte at European Athletic *ociation (archived)
    • Maura Viceconte at ARRS
    • Maura Viceconte at Olympics.com
    • Maura Viceconte at Olympedia
    • Maura Viceconte at RAI