Maura Viceconte

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Maura Viceconte
Maura Viceconte at Sydney Olympics 2000
Personal information
Born(1967-10-03)3 October 1967
Susa, Italy
Died10 February 2019(2019-02-10) (aged 51)
Chiusa di San Michele, Italy
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
Event
Marathon
Coached byRenato Canova
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Half marathon: 1:09:19 (2001)
  • Marathon: 2:23.47 (2000)
Medal record
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Budapest Marathon
European Marathon Cup
Silver medal – second place 1998 Budapest Team event

Maura Viceconte (3 October 1967 – 10 February 2019) was an Italian long-distance runner who represented her native country twice (1996 and 2000) at the Summer Olympics.

Career

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Viceconte is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She won nearly all of the 14 marathons she raced in,[1] including Rome (1999), Vienna (2000), and Prague (2001).

Her personal best time of 2:23:47 hours set at the Vienna City Marathon in 2000 stood as the Italian national record until April 2012, when it was beaten by Valeria Straneo.[2][3]

In 2018, a documentary film about her life, La Vita è un Maratona (Life is a Marathon) was premiered in Italy.[1]

Personal life

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Viceconte had one son in her early 40s.[1]

Viceconte developed breast cancer in her 40s, which was successfully treated.[1] She died on 10 February 2019 at the age of 51.[4] The manner of death was suicide.[1]

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1995 Venice Marathon Venice, Italy 1st Marathon 2:29:11
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States — Marathon DNF
1997 Monaco Marathon Monte Carlo, Monaco 1st Marathon 2:28:16
1998 Italian Marathon Carpi, Italy 1st Marathon 2:31:23
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Marathon 2:28:31
1999 Rome City Marathon Rome, Italy 1st Marathon 2:29:36
2000 Vienna Marathon Vienna, Austria 1st Marathon 2:23:47
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 12th Marathon 2:29:26
2001 Prague Marathon Prague, Czech Republic 1st Marathon 2:26:33

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Bonarrigo, Marco (2 November 2019). "Italian marathon runner Maura Viceconte dies". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Straneo record a Rotterdam 2h23:44" (in Italian). fidal.it. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2012-04-15). Spectacular double Ethiopian success brings home 2:04 and 2:18 victories in Rotterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  4. ^ Pazzesco: è morta Maura Viceconte! Si è tolta la vita… (in Italian)
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