Rosaria Console

{{short description|Italian long-distance runner}}

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|nationality = Italian

|sport = Athletics

|event = Long distance running

|club = G.S. Fiamme Gialle

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|12|17}}

|birth_place = Martina Franca, Italy

|residence =

|coach= Luciano Gigliotti

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|weight = {{convert|42|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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  • 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)

|country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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|European 10,000m Cup|0|1|0

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{{Medal|Competition|Youth level (individual)}}

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|European U23 Championships|0|1|0

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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Amsterdam|Half marathon team}}

{{MedalCompetition|International Marathons}}

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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.{{cite web|access-date=8 February 2013|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE-D-1908-2008.pdf|title=Podio Internazionale dal 1908 al 2008 - Donne|trans-title=International Podium 1908 to 2008 - Women|website=sportolimpico.it}} She participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (2004, 2012). She has 14 caps in national team from 1994 to 2012.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}} She suffered a tibia problem in early 2011 but still managed to take fifth place at the Rome City Marathon in March.{{cite news|last=Sampaolo|first=Diego|date=20 March 2011|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/dado-takes-third-straight-rome-title-as-chumb|title=Dado takes third straight Rome title as Chumba surprises|publisher=IAAF|access-date=26 April 2011}} 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ita.htm|title=Italian Championships|website=gbrathletics.com|access-date=16 June 2012}}

Achievements

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}
1998

|World Junior Championships

|Annecy, France

|18th (h)

|5000m

|16:51.21

rowspan=3|1999

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Gothenburg, Sweden

|7th

|5000m

|15:51.35

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|10,000m

|33:05.77

Universiade

|Palma de Mallorca, Spain

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Half marathon

|1:14:14

rowspan=2|2001

|Padua Marathon

|Padua, Italy

|bgcolor="gold"|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

rowspan=2|2004

|Vienna Marathon

|Vienna, Austria

|bgcolor="gold" |1st

|Marathon

|2:29:22

Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|16th

|Marathon

|2:35:56

rowspan=2|2005

|Mediterranean Games

|Almería, Spain

|bgcolor="silver"|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

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|Marathon

|2:30:44

rowspan=1|2009

|Mediterranean Games

|Pescara, Italy

|bgcolor="silver"|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf|title="Campionati "Assoluti" Italiani sul podio tricolore – 1923 2012|trans-title=Championship "Absolute" Italians on the Tricolore Podium 1923 2012|language=it|website=sportolimpico.it|access-date=8 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2012|url-status=dead}}

See also

References

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