| Nationality: | Italian |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Marathon |
| Country: | Italy |
| Club: | Snia Milano |
| Birth Date: | 1959 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Comacchio, Italy |
| Coach: | Giuseppe Rossetti |
| Weight: | 500NaN0 |
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Laura Fogli (born 5 October 1959) is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. She finished ninth at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and sixth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She also won silver medals at the European Championships in 1982 and 1986, and finished second in the New York City Marathon in 1983 and 1988. Her marathon victories include Rome (1982) and Pittsburgh (1986).
Born in Comacchio, Foglio won the inaugural edition of the Rome City Marathon in 1982.[1] From 1981 to 1989 she finished in the top four in eight out of nine New York City Marathons, the exception being 1987 when she did not compete.
She is married with Giuseppe Rossetti, who was also her coach.[2] She is the coach of the Italian singer Gianni Morandi who often takes part in marathons.[3]
| Year | Performance | World Rank | Venue | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2.34.48 | 13 | align=left | New York City | 25 October | |
| 1982 | 2.33.01 | 8 | align=left | New York City | 24 October | |
| 1983 | 2.31.49 | 14 | align=left | New York City | 23 October | |
| 1984 | 2.29.28 | 11 | align=left | Los Angeles | 5 August | |
| 1985 | 2.31.36 | 15 | align=left | New York City | 27 October | |
| 1986 | 2.29.44 | 9 | align=left | New York City | 2 November | |
| 1988 | 2.27.49 | 8 | align=left | 23 September | ||
| 1989 | 2.28.43 | 9 | align=left | New York City | 5 November |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Performance | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | New York, United States | 4th | 2:34:47 | [5] | ||
| 1982 | Rome, Italy | 1st | 2:31:08 | |||
| Athens, Greece | 2nd | 2:36:28 | ||||
| New York, United States | 4th | 2:33:01 | ||||
| 1983 | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 2:33:31 | |||
| New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 2nd | 2:31:49 | |||
| 1984 | Milan, Italy | 1st | 1:14:10 | [6] | ||
| Los Angeles, United States | 9th | 2:29:28 | ||||
| New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 3rd | 2:37:25 | |||
| 1985 | New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 3rd | 2:31:36 | ||
| 1986 | Pittsburgh Marathon | Pittsburgh, United States | 1st | 2:37:04 | ||
| Stuttgart, West Germany | 2nd | 2:32:52 | ||||
| New York City, United States | 3rd | 2:29:44 | ||||
| 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 6th | 2:27:49 | |||
| New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 2nd | 2:31:26 | |||
| 1989 | New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 3rd | 2:28:43 | ||
| 1990 | Venice Marathon | Venice, Italy | 1st | 2:38:34 | ||
| 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | - | DNF | |||
| 1993 | New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 14th | 2:47:45 | ||
| 1994 | Turin Marathon | Turin, Italy | 1st | 2:31:45 | ||
| Helsinki, Finland | - | DNF | ||||
| 1997 | Athens, Greece | 24th | 2:43:28 |
Laura Fogli has won two times the individual national championship.[7]