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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