Maura Viceconte

Maura Viceconte at Sydney Olympics 2000
Personal information
Born	(1967-10-03)3 October 1967 Susa, Italy
Died	10 February 2019(2019-02-10) (aged 51) Chiusa di San Michele, Italy
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Coached by	Renato Canova
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Half marathon: 1:09:19 (2001) Marathon: 2:23.47 (2000)
Medal record European Championships 1998 Budapest Marathon European Marathon Cup 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.

Biography

Viceconte is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She won three marathons during her career: 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.^[1][2]

On 10 February 2019, Viceconte committed suicide by hanging, at the age of 51.^[3]

Achievements