Valeria Straneo

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|caption = Straneo competing at 2015 European 10,000m Cup

|nationality = Italian

|sport = Athletics

|event = Long distance running

|club = Runner Team 99
Laguna Running

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|4|5}}

|birth_place = Alessandria, Italy

|coach= Beatrice Brossa

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|weight = {{convert|44|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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10,000 m: 32:35.12 (2011)
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Marathon: 2:23:45 (2012) 20px

|country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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Valeria Straneo (born 5 April 1976) is an Italian long-distance runner, winner of the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and Italian record holder in the marathon.

She won the Stramilano in 2011 and bettered the half marathon Italian record at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon in 2012, although it was not ratified as the course doesn't meet Fidal criteria.{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/RomaOstia-da-record-Straneo-1h07-46/50157|title=Roma-Ostia da record Straneo|publisher=FIDAL|language=it|date=26 February 2012|access-date=15 April 2012}}

Biography

Born in Alessandria, it was only after the removal of her spleen, in 2010, that she began to reach a national standard of running. At 35 years old, she ranked eighth in the 2011 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:26:33 hours. This met the qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympic Games, but three other athletes had run faster than her (Anna Incerti, Rosaria Console and Nadia Ejjafini).{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/atleta/Valeria-Straneo/dKmRk5eka2M%3D|title=Valeria Straneo|publisher=FIDAL|language=it|access-date=15 April 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/La-Straneo-cerca-Londra-a-Rotterdam/50288|title=La Straneo cerca Londra a Rotterdam|publisher=FIDAL|language=it|access-date=15 April 2012}} However, she broke the 12-year-old Italian record at the Rotterdam Marathon in April, finishing as runner-up with a time of 2:23:44 hours.{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Straneo-record-a-Rotterdam-2h23-44/50294|title=Straneo record a Rotterdam 2h23:44|publisher=FIDAL|language=it|date=15 April 2012|access-date=15 April 2012}}{{cite news|last=van Hemert|first=Wim|date=25 April 2012|url= http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/spectacular-double-ethiopian-success-brings-h|title=Spectacular double Ethiopian success brings home 2:04 and 2:18 victories in Rotterdam|publisher=IAAF|access-date=22 April 2012}} The Turin Marathon saw her finish third with a time of 2:27:04 hours.{{cite news|last=Sampaolo|first=Diego|publisher=IAAF|date=18 November 2012 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/cherop-and-terer-dominate-in-turin|title=Cherop and Terer dominate in Turin|access-date=14 February 2013}}

Straneo has represented the Italy national athletics team once (at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships) and has won twice at the national championships. She has two children, Leonardo (born 2006) and Arianna (born 2007).

National records

Half marathon: 1:07:46 ({{flagicon|ITA}} Ostia, 26 February 2012) - Current holder.
Marathon: 2:23:44 ({{flagicon|NED}} Rotterdam, 15 April 2012) - Current holder.{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Straneo-record-a-Rotterdam-2h23-44/50294|title=Straneo record a Rotterdam 2h23:44|publisher=FIDAL|language=it|date=15 April 2012|access-date=5 February 2013}}

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Result	Event	Time	Notes
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2011 \|align=left\|European Cross Country Championships \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SLO}} Velenje \|10th \|Cross country running \|26:42 \|
2012 \|align=left\|Olympic Games \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|GBR}} London \|8th \|Marathon \|2:25:27 \|Changed to 7th after disqualification of Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko{{cite web \|title=Valeria Straneo \|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/valeria-straneo \|website=Olympics \|publisher=International Olympic Committee \|access-date=3 February 2022 \|language=en}}
rowspan=2\|2013 \|align=left\|Mediterranean Games \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|TUR}} Mersin \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|Half Marathon \|1:11:00 \|22px
align=left\|World Championships in Athletics \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|RUS}} Moscow \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|Marathon \|2:25:58 \|22px
2014 \|align=left\|European Championships in Athletics \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SUI\|civil}} Zurich \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|Marathon \|2:25:27 \|
2016 \|align=left\|Olympic Games \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro \|13th \|Marathon \|2:29:44 \|22px

Road races

1st - 2011 Stramilano
2nd - 2012 Rotterdam Marathon

National titles

Straneo won eight national championships at individual senior level, she has won, at 36 years old for her first time, the individual national championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONESSE%20ITALIANE.pdf|title=TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020|publisher=sportolimpico.it|accessdate=14 April 2021}}