Rosaria Console

Rosaria Console
	Rosaria Console at the 2011 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	17 December 1979 (age 45); Martina Franca, Italy
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long distance running
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by	Luciano Gigliotti
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	3000 m: 9:15.80 (2000); 5000 m: 15:49.50 (1999); 10,000 m: 32:55.42 (2000); Half marathon: 1:09:34 (2005); Marathon: 2:26:45 (2009);
Medal record
Senior level (individual)
Youth level (individual)
European Championships
International Marathons

Rosaria Console, better known as Rosalba (born 17 December 1979 in Martina Franca, Taranto) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon and marathon.

Biography

She won four medals, one of these at junior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1] She participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (2004, 2012). She has 14 caps in national team from 1994 to 2012.^[2] She suffered a tibia problem in early 2011 but still managed to take fifth place at the Rome City Marathon in March.^[3] She won seven national championships (two on 10000 m in 2008 and 2016, four on half-marathon in 2003, 2009, 2010 and 2016, one on marathon in 2008).^[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Italy
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	18th (h)	5000m	16:51.21
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	7th	5000m	15:51.35
	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	10,000m	33:05.77
	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	1st	Half marathon	1:14:14
2001	Padua Marathon	Padua, Italy	1st	Marathon	2:30:55
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	20th	Marathon	2:34:11
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	Marathon	2:35:23
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	—	Marathon	DNF
2004	Vienna Marathon	Vienna, Austria	1st	Marathon	2:29:22
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	16th	Marathon	2:35:56
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	2nd	Half marathon	1:15:40
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	19th	Marathon	2:32:47
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	—	Marathon	DNF
2008	Italian Marathon	Carpi, Italy	1st	Marathon	2:30:44
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	2nd	Half marathon	1:12:34
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	Marathon	2:36:20
2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	30th	Marathon	2:30:09

National titles

She has won the individual national championship 8 times.^[5]

3 wins in 10,000 metres (2008, 2016, 2018)
4 wins in half marathon (2003, 2009, 2010, 2016)
1 win in marathon (2008)

References

^ "Podio Internazionale dal 1908 al 2008 - Donne" [International Podium 1908 to 2008 - Women] (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
^ Sampaolo, Diego (20 March 2011). "Dado takes third straight Rome title as Chumba surprises". IAAF. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ "Italian Championships". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^ ""Campionati "Assoluti" Italiani sul podio tricolore – 1923 2012" [Championship "Absolute" Italians on the Tricolore Podium 1923 2012] (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

External links

Rosaria Console at World Athletics
Rosaria Console at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
Rosaria Console at Olympedia

[1] "Podio Internazionale dal 1908 al 2008 - Donne" [International Podium 1908 to 2008 - Women] (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

[2] Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.

[3] Sampaolo, Diego (20 March 2011). "Dado takes third straight Rome title as Chumba surprises". IAAF. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[4] "Italian Championships". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

[5] ""Campionati "Assoluti" Italiani sul podio tricolore – 1923 2012" [Championship "Absolute" Italians on the Tricolore Podium 1923 2012] (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

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