Roberta Brunet (born 20 May 1965 in

Aosta Aosta ( , , ; ; , or ; or ) is the principal city of the Aosta Valley, a bilingual Regions of Italy, region in the Italy, Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel and the G ...

) is a former

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from

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Biography

Roberta Brunet won four medals, at individual level, at the

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. She participated at four editions of the

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(1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000), she has 41 caps in sixteen years in

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

from 1983 to 2000. She won a bronze medal in the European Championships in 3,000 metres in 1990 and then won a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1997 World Championships and a bronze medal in the 3,000 metres at the 1990 European Championships. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres.

National titles

Roberta Brunet has won 13 times the individual

national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

. *5 wins in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

(1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990) *6 wins in the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

(1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994) *2 wins in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

(1996, 2000)

Personal bests

*800 metres - 2:05.63 (1996) *1500 metres - 4:08.65 (1996) *2000 metres - 5:32.83 (1996) *3000 metres - 8:35.65 (1997) *5000 metres - 14:44.50 (1996) *10000 metres - 32:12.13 (1996)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brunet, Roberta 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Aosta Olympic athletes for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Italian female middle-distance runners Italian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Italian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Italian sportswomen

Biography

National titles

Personal bests

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