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.
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). 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. The Turin Marathon saw her finish third with a time of 2:27:04 hours.
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).
National records Half marathon: 1:07:46 ( Ostia, 26 February 2012) - Current holder. Marathon: 2:23:44 ( Rotterdam, 15 April 2012) - Current holder.
Achievements Year Competition Venue Result Event Time Notes2011European Cross Country Championships Velenje10th Cross country running 26:422012Olympic Games London8thMarathon2:25:27Changed to 7th after disqualification of Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko2013Mediterranean Games Mersin1stHalf Marathon1:11:00World Championships in Athletics Moscow2ndMarathon2:25:582014European Championships in Athletics Zurich2ndMarathon2:25:272016Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro13thMarathon2:29:44
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.
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
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