Rosanna Munerotto

Rosanna Munerotto (born December 3, 1962 in Santa Lucia di Piave , Treviso Province ) is a former Italian long-distance runner .

As a track runner , she took part in the Olympic Games twice: over 10,000 m she came in 14th place in Seoul in 1988 and 16th in Barcelona in 1992. At the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1991 , she took 15th place over the same distance. In 1993 she became Italian cross-country champion .

However, she achieved her greatest success in road running . In 1992 she won the Maratona d'Italia in 2:29:34 h and won bronze in the first edition of the World Half Marathon Championships . In 1994 she was eighth in the marathon of the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and won the Great North Run , and the following year she won the Turin marathon in 2:29:31 h and the half-marathon route of the South Tyrol Marathon . In 1996 she finished second in the Venice Marathon .

Personal bests

• 3000 m : 8:53:00 min, July 3, 1991, Stockholm
• 5000 m : 15: 36.62 min, June 13, 1993, Arzignano
• 10,000 m: 32:05:75 min, August 27, 1991, Tokyo
• 10 km: 33:07 min, November 22, 1992, Molinella (former Italian record)
• 15 km: 48:47 min, October 13, 1991, Nieuwegein (Italian record)
• Half marathon: 1:09:38 h, September 20, 1992, South Shields
• Marathon: 2:29:31 h, April 23, 1995, Turin

Web links

• Rosanna Munerotto in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Rosanna Munerotto in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )