.jpg) Straneo competing at 2015 European 10,000m Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1976 Alessandria, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Runner Team 99 Laguna Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Beatrice Brossa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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).[2][3] 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.[4][5] The Turin Marathon saw her finish third with a time of 2:27:04 hours.[6]
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).[2]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Result | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 2011 | European Cross Country Championships |  Velenje
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10th | Cross country running | 26:42 | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games |  London
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8th | Marathon | 2:25:27 | Changed to 7th after disqualification of Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko[8] |
| 2013 | Mediterranean Games |  Mersin
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1st | Half Marathon | 1:11:00 | 
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| World Championships in Athletics |  Moscow
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2nd | Marathon | 2:25:58 | 
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| 2014 | European Championships in Athletics |  Zurich
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2nd | Marathon | 2:25:27 | |
| 2016 | Olympic Games |  Rio de Janeiro
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13th[8] | Marathon | 2:29:44 |
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Straneo won eight national championships at individual senior level, she has won, at 36 years old for her first time, the individual national championship.[2][9]
