Franca Fiacconi Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Marathon
Country:	Italy
Birth Date:	1965 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Rome, Italy
Weight:	56kg (123lb)
Pb:	Marathon: 2:25.17 (1998)

Franca Fiacconi (born 4 October 1965 in Rome) is a marathon runner from Italy.

Biography

Fiacconi won the 1998 New York City Marathon, after finishing second in 1996 and third in 1997. She also won the 2001 Enschede Marathon. She placed fourth in the women's marathon at the 1998 European Championships and won the silver medal at the 1993 Summer Universiade.

Fiacconi won the Turin Marathon in 1996 and 1998, also taking the Italian national title in the latter edition.^[1]

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

1993	World Student Games	Buffalo, United States	2nd	2:38:44
1994	Penang Bridge International Marathon	Penang, Malaysia	1st	2:56:49
1996	Italian Marathon	Carpi, Italy	1st	2:28:22
1997		Athens, Greece	13th	2:39:53
1998		Rome, Italy	1st	2:28:12
		Budapest, Hungary	4th	2:28:59
		New York, United States	1st	2:25:17
1999		Prague, Czech Republic	1st	2:28:33
2001		Osaka, Japan	2nd	2:26:49
		Enschede, Netherlands	1st	2:31:40

Personal bests

• 10,000 metres - 36:02.5 - Roma - 10/04/1993
• Half marathon - 1:12:37 - Uster - 27/09/1998
• 30 kilometres - 1:44:08 - Osaka - 28/01/2001
• Marathon - 2:25:17 - New York City - 01/11/1998^[2]

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Marathon

Notes and References

1. Wim van Hemert, Marty Post & Franco Civai (2009-04-23). Turin Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-11-13.
2. Iaaf - Athletes http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=110207/index.html