Francesca Carbone

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| nationality = Italian

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| event = 400 metres

| club = Snam Gas Metano

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| birth_place = Genoa, Italy

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400 m: 53.01 (2000)

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Francesca Carbone (born 17 July 1968 in Genoa) is an Italian former sprinter (400 m).

Biography

In her career she won 4 times in the national championships. She has 35 caps in national team from 1989 to 2001.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}}

National records

4x400 metres relay: 3'26"69 ({{flagicon|FRA}} Paris, 20 June 1999) - with Virna De Angeli, Patrizia Spuri, Danielle Perpoli
4x400 metres relay indoor: 3'35"01 ({{flagicon|BEL}} Ghent, 27 February 2000) - with Virna De Angeli, Patrizia Spuri, Carla Barbarino

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
1989 \|Universiade \|Duisburg, West Germany \|6th \|Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay \|3:37.40
rowspan=1\|1993 \| rowspan=1 \|Mediterranean Games \| rowspan=1 \|Narbonne, France \| bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \| 400 metres \| 53.78{{cite web\|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE-D-1908-2008.pdf\|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DONNE\|language=it\|publisher=sportolimpico.it\|access-date=22 June 2012}}
1994 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|10th (h) \|1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay \|3:33.31
rowspan=2\|1997 \| World Championships \| Athens, Greece \| 8th \| 4x400 metres relay \| 3:30.63
Mediterranean Games \| Bari, Italy \| bgcolor=gold\|1st \| 4x400 metres relay \| 3:29.98 File:Sport records icon CR.svg
1999 \| World Championships \| Sevilla, Spain \| 8th \| 4x400 metres relay \| 3:29.56
2000 \| European Indoor Championships \| Ghent, Belgium \| bgcolor=silver\|2nd \| 4x400 metres relay \| 3:35.01 20px
2001 \| Mediterranean Games \| Tunis, Tunisia \| bgcolor=silver\|2nd \| 4x400 metres relay \| 3'38"90

colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}

1989

|Universiade

|Duisburg, West Germany

|6th

|Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

|3:37.40

rowspan=1|1993

| rowspan=1 |Mediterranean Games

| rowspan=1 |Narbonne, France

| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

| 400 metres

| 53.78{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE-D-1908-2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DONNE|language=it|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=22 June 2012}}

1994

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|10th (h)

|1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

|3:33.31

rowspan=2|1997

| World Championships

| Athens, Greece

| 8th

| 4x400 metres relay

| 3:30.63

Mediterranean Games

| Bari, Italy

| bgcolor=gold|1st

| 4x400 metres relay

| 3:29.98 File:Sport records icon CR.svg

1999

| World Championships

| Sevilla, Spain

| 8th

| 4x400 metres relay

| 3:29.56

2000

| European Indoor Championships

| Ghent, Belgium

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| 4x400 metres relay

| 3:35.01 20px

2001

| Mediterranean Games

| Tunis, Tunisia

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| 4x400 metres relay

| 3'38"90

National titles

1 win on 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1993){{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ita.htm|title=ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=22 June 2012}}
3 wins on 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1993, 1995, 2000){{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=21 June 2012}}