Laura Fogli

Fogli in a marathon in Italy in 1980s.
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1959-10-05) 5 October 1959 (age 64) Comacchio, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Club	Snia Milano
Coached by	Giuseppe Rossetti
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Marathon: 2:27.49 (1988) 5000 m: 16:09.19 10000 m: 33:39.04 (1984)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd European Championships 0 2 0 World Marathon Cup 1 1 1 European Cup 0 2 0 European Championships 1982 Athens Marathon 1986 Stuttgart Marathon World Marathon Cup 1985 Hiroshima Team marathon 1991 London Team marathon 1997 Athens Team marathon European Marathon Cup 1985 Rome Team marathon International Marathons Event 1st 2nd 3rd New York City Marathon 0 2 4 Rome City Marathon 1 0 0 Venice Marathon 1 0 0 Pittsburgh Marathon 1 0 0 Turin Marathon 1 0 0

Laura Fogli (born 5 October 1959) is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. She finished ninth at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and sixth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She also won silver medals at the European Championships in 1982 and 1986, and finished second in the New York City Marathon in 1983 and 1988. Her marathon victories include Rome (1982) and Pittsburgh (1986).

Career

Born in Comacchio, Foglio won the inaugural edition of the Rome City Marathon in 1982.^[1] From 1981 to 1989 she finished in the top four in eight out of nine New York City Marathons, the exception being 1987 when she did not compete.

She is married with Giuseppe Rossetti, who was also her coach.^[2] She is the coach of the Italian singer Gianni Morandi who often takes part in marathons.^[3]

Progression

Marathon

Fogil finished eight times in the top 25 world list.^[4]

Year	Performance	World Rank	Venue	Date
1981	2.34.48	13	New York City	25 October
1982	2.33.01	8	New York City	24 October
1983	2.31.49	14	New York City	23 October
1984	2.29.28	11	Los Angeles	5 August
1985	2.31.36	15	New York City	27 October
1986	2.29.44	9	New York City	2 November
1988	2.27.49	8	Seoul	23 September
1989	2.28.43	9	New York City	5 November

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Performance	Note
1981	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	4th	2:34:47	[5]
1982	Rome City Marathon	Rome, Italy	1st	2:31:08
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	2:36:28
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	4th	2:33:01
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	2:33:31
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	2nd	2:31:49
1984	Stramilano Half Marathon	Milan, Italy	1st	1:14:10	[6]
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	9th	2:29:28
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	3rd	2:37:25
1985	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	3rd	2:31:36
1986	Pittsburgh Marathon	Pittsburgh, United States	1st	2:37:04
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	2nd	2:32:52
	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	3rd	2:29:44
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	6th	2:27:49
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	2nd	2:31:26
1989	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	3rd	2:28:43
1990	Venice Marathon	Venice, Italy	1st	2:38:34
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	—	DNF
1993	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	14th	2:47:45
1994	Turin Marathon	Turin, Italy	1st	2:31:45
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	DNF
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	24th	2:43:28

National titles

Laura Fogli has won two times the individual national championship.^[7]

• 2 wins in half marathon (1980, 1982)