Bruna Genovese Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Marathon
Country:	Italy
Club:	G.S. Forestale
Birth Date:	1976 9, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Montebelluna, Italy
Coach:	Salvatore Bettiol
Weight:	500NaN0
Pb:	Half marathon: 1:11.22 (2005) Marathon: 2:25.28 (2006)

Bruna Genovese (born 24 September 1976 in Montebelluna) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.

Biography

Genovese won the Italian under 21 half-marathon championship in 1998.^[1] She ran her first marathon on 24 October 1999 in Venice,^[2] and won the 2004 Tokyo International Marathon with Kiyoko Shimahara finishing second and Elfenesh Alemu third.^{[3] [4]}

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

1999	Venice Marathon	Venice, Italy	3rd	2:31:06
2001	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	9th	2:30:39
		Edmonton, Canada	17th
	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	2:25:35
2002	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	6th	2:29:02
2003	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	4th	2:34:32
2004	Rome Marathon	Rome, Italy	2nd	2:29:03
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th	2:32:50
	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:26:34
2005	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	3rd	2:29:51
	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	5th	2:27:15
2006	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	4th	2:25:28
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	2:31:15
2008	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	6th	2:30:52
	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	17th	2:31:31
2009	Turin Marathon	Turin, Italy	3rd	2:30:51
	Yokohama Marathon	Yokohama, Japan	4th	2:29:57
2010	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	5th	2:29:12

Personal bests

• 10,000 metres - 33:36.03 min (2005)
• Half marathon - 1:11:22 hrs (2005)
• Marathon - 2:25:28 hrs (2006)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Half marathon
• Italian all-time lists - Marathon

External links

• • Bruna Genovese at Marathoninfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bruna Genovese . Boston Marathon 2001 Women’s Open Biographies . John Hancock . 4 October 2011 .
2. Web site: Bruna Genovese, partenza per Pechino . Asterisco Informazioni . Fabrizio Stelluto . 4 October 2011 .
3. Web site: Nakamura . Ken . Genovese comes from behind for surprise win in Tokyo Women's Marathon . News Centre . IAAF . 21 November 2004 . 4 October 2011 .
4. Web site: Genovese takes Tokyo Marathon . Other Sports . The Japan Times . 22 November 2004 . 4 October 2011 .