Ornella Ferrara

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Ornella Ferrara
Athletics
EventLong-distance running
ClubPBM Bovisio Masciago
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Half marathon: 1:11:46 (2000)
  • Marathon: 2:27:49 (2004)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Gothenburg Marathon
European Marathon Cup
Gold medal – first place 1994 Helsinki Team marathon
Women's mountain running
WMRA Challenge
Gold medal – first place
2013 Szklarska
 Team
Silver medal – second place
2013 Szklarska
 Individual

Ornella Ferrara (born 17 April 1968) is an Italian

Carpi Marathon and Venice Marathon
.

Biography

She narrowly missed out on a medal at the

Summer Olympics
in both 1996 and 2000, but did not reach the top twelve on either occasion.

In 1997 she came fifth at the

Milan Marathon then running for Italy at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics (where she came 14th).[1]

A third place at the

Rome City Marathon with a personal best time of 2:27:49 hours, and was runner-up at the Palermo Marathon later that year. Her next marathon win came at the Brescia Marathon in 2008.[1]

She won the inaugural edition of the Monaco Run in March 2011.[2] A ninth-place finish at the Turin Marathon later that year saw her come second in the Italian championship race behind Martina Celi.[3]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
1994 European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
 4th Marathon
2:31.57
Venice Marathon
Venice, Italy
 1st Marathon 2:32:16
1995 Ferrara Marathon
Ferrara, Italy
 1st Marathon 2:39:34
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd Marathon 2:30:11
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 13th Marathon
2:33:09
Rome City Marathon
Rome, Italy
 2nd Marathon 2:31:30
1997 World Championships
Athens, Greece
 5th Marathon 2:33:10
Italian Marathon Carpi, Emilia-Romagna 1st Marathon 2:28:43
New York City Marathon New York, United States 5th Marathon 2:31:44
2000 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 7th Marathon 2:30:20
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 18th Marathon 2:31:32
2001 World Championships
Edmonton, Canada
 14th Marathon
2:32:45
2004
Rome City Marathon
Rome, Italy
 1st Marathon 2:27:49
2007 Italian Marathon
Carpi, Italy
 2nd Marathon 2:30:18

Personal bests

National titles

References

  1. ^ a b Ornella Ferrara. Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
  2. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
  3. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-11-13). El Idrissi and Ruban prevail in Turin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-13.

External links

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