Maura Viceconte

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
Women's athletics
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1998 BudapestMarathon
European Marathon Cup
Silver medal – second place1998 BudapestTeam 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

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

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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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