Rosaria Console

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.

Rosaria Console
Rosaria Console at the 2011 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1979-12-17) 17 December 1979
Martina Franca, Italy
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long distance running
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached byLuciano Gigliotti
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 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)
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Universiade 1 0 0
Mediterranean Games 0 2 0
European 10,000m Cup 0 1 0
Total 1 3 0
Youth level (individual)
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European U23 Championships 0 1 0
European Championships
2016 AmsterdamHalf marathon team
International Marathons
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Italian Marathon 1 0 0
Padua Marathon 1 0 0
Vienna Marathon 1 0 0

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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
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
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
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 16th Marathon 2:35:56
2005 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 2nd Half marathon 1:15:40
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]

See also

References
  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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