Valeria Straneo

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.

Valeria Straneo

Straneo competing at 2015 European 10,000m Cup
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1976-04-05) 5 April 1976 (age 48) Alessandria, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	44 kg (97 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long distance running
Club	Runner Team 99 Laguna Running
Coached by	Beatrice Brossa
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	10,000 m: 32:35.12 (2011) Half marathon: 1:07:46 (2012) Marathon: 2:23:45 (2012)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 1 0 European Championships 0 1 0 Mediterranean Games 1 0 0 European 10,000m Cup 0 1 0 Total 1 3 0 World Championships 2013 Moscow Marathon European Championships 2014 Zürich Marathon Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Half 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

Year	Competition	Venue	Result	Event	Time	Notes
2011	European Cross Country Championships	Velenje	10th	Cross country running	26:42
2012	Olympic Games	London	8th	Marathon	2:25:27	Changed to 7th after disqualification of Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko[8]
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin	1st	Half Marathon	1:11:00
	World Championships in Athletics	Moscow	2nd	Marathon	2:25:58
2014	European Championships in Athletics	Zurich	2nd	Marathon	2:25:27
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	13th[8]	Marathon	2:29:44

Road races

• 1st - 2011 Stramilano
• 2nd - 2012 Rotterdam Marathon

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]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 10,000 metres: 2013, 2020 (2)
  • Half marathon: 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020 (4)
• Italian 10 km road Championship
  • 10 km road race: 2011, 2012 (2)

See also

• Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists - Half marathon
• Italian all-time lists - Marathon

References

1. "Roma-Ostia da record Straneo" (in Italian). FIDAL. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
2. "Valeria Straneo" (in Italian). FIDAL. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
3. "La Straneo cerca Londra a Rotterdam" (in Italian). FIDAL. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
4. "Straneo record a Rotterdam 2h23:44" (in Italian). FIDAL. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
5. van Hemert, Wim (25 April 2012). "Spectacular double Ethiopian success brings home 2:04 and 2:18 victories in Rotterdam". IAAF. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
6. Sampaolo, Diego (18 November 2012). "Cherop and Terer dominate in Turin". IAAF. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
7. "Straneo record a Rotterdam 2h23:44" (in Italian). FIDAL. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
8. "Valeria Straneo". Olympics. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
9. "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

External links

• Valeria Straneo at World Athletics
• Valeria Straneo at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Valeria Straneo at Olympedia
• Valeria Straneo at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Valeria Straneo at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)