Anna Incerti

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Anna Incerti at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona

Anna Incerti (born January 19, 1980 in Palermo ) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in road running.

In 2003 she won the bronze medal in the 10,000-meter run at the Universiade in Daegu and came 32nd at the World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura . In her premiere over the 42.195 km distance, she won the Florence Marathon in a time of 2:34:40 h, which made her Italian champion at the same time. In 2004 she was second in Roma - Ostia and in the Udine Half Marathon .

After she had to sit out a season due to injury, she was ninth in the marathon of the European Athletics Championships 2006 in Gothenburg. The following year she was third in Roma - Ostia and second in the Udine Half Marathon. In the marathon of the World Athletics Championships in Osaka , she came in 17th place, in the Road Running World Championships in Udine in 23rd.

In 2008 she finished 14th in the marathon of the Olympic Games in Beijing , won the Milan marathon and set a national record in the 10 km road race as the winner of the Sant Silvestre Barcelonesa with 32:12 minutes.

In 2009 Incerti won Roma - Ostia, came fifth in the Rome Marathon and won gold in the half marathon at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara . The following year she won the gold medal in the marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona . Originally third, she moved up to first place after the disqualification of the Lithuanian winner Živilė Balčiūnaitė and the second-placed Russian Nailja Julamanowa , both because of doping. At the end of January 2011, she increased her personal best at the Osaka Women's Marathon to 2:27:33 h and finished fourth. A month later she celebrated her second win at Roma - Ostia and undercut the previous course record by nine seconds. In March she came second at Stramilano . At the Berlin Marathon she finished sixth in 2:25:32 hours.

Anna Incerti is 1.68 m tall and weighs 44 kg. She starts for the Fiamme Azzurre Roma club and is coached by Tommaso Ticali.

Top performances

  • 3000 m : 9: 09.42 min, September 10, 2003, Rovereto
  • 5000 m : 15: 29.06 min, May 8th 2009, Catania
  • 10,000 m: 33: 19.01 min, May 11, 2003, Lumezzane
  • 10 km road run : 32:12 min, December 28, 2008, Barcelona (Italian record)
  • Half marathon: 1:09:06 h, February 27, 2011, Ostia
  • Marathon: 2:25:32 h, September 25, 2011, Berlin

Web links

Commons : Anna Incerti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ^ IAAF: Home wins for Carosi and Incerti in Florence . November 24, 2003
  2. ^ IAAF: Incerti and Keitany win Rome Ostia Half . March 2, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Incerti, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian marathon runner
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo