Valentina Tauceri Explained


Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Middle-distance running
Birth Date:	1966 7, df=y
Birth Place:	Trieste, Italy
Pb:	800 m: 2:04.85 (1988) 1000 m: 2:45.81 (1986) 3000 m: 8:53.36 (1993) 5000 m: 15:31.19 (1993)
Country:	Italy

Valentina Tauceri (born 20 July 1966 in Trieste) is a former female middle- and long-distance runner from Italy.

Biography

She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 3000 metres at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in Narbonne, France. Tauceri set her personal best (15:31.19) in the 5000 m on 13 June 1993 in Arzignano. She has 24 caps in national team from 1985 to 1999.^[1]

Achievements

1990

Glasgow, United Kingdom

7th

3000 metres

9:11.20

National titles

Valentina Tauceri has won 4 times the individual national championship.^[2] ^[3]

1 win in the 3000 metres (1993)
5 wins in the 1500 metres indoor (1987, 1988)
1 win in the cross country running (1997)

Notes and References

Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
Web site: ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 2 December 2012.
Web site: ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 2 December 2012.