Agnes Tschurtschenthaler (born 12 January 1982) is an Italian middle- and long-distance runner who specialized 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 ...

and

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 met ...

Biography

In her early career, she finished eleventh at the 1999 World Youth Championships and competed at the 2000 World Junior Championships without reaching the final. She later finished ninth at the

2005 Summer Universiade The 2005 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXIII Summer Universiade, took place in İzmir, Turkey, in August. Emblem The emblem is the letter "U", inspired by the bird's-eye view of the Gulf of İzmir. This shape has perfectly fit the letter ...

and competed without reaching the final at the 2006 European Championships, both in the steeplechase, and finished eighth in the 1500 metres at the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games () and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the International Committee of Mediterran ...

. Her personal best times were 4:14.42 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in May 2006 in

Conegliano Conegliano (; Venetian language, Venetian: ''Conejan'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of people. The remains of a 10th ...

; 9:02.05 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in May 2006 in

Rovereto Rovereto (; "wood of sessile oaks"; locally: ''Roveredo'') is a city and ''comune'' in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River. History Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the fronti ...

; 9:55.26 minutes in the 3000 metres steeplechase, achieved in July 2007 in

Rethimno Rethymno (also Rethymnon; ) is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 35,000 inhabitants (nearly 40,000 for the municipal unit). It is believed to have been built o ...

; and 16:11.42 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in May 2012 in

Koblenz Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military p ...

. In 2015, she ran the Udine Half Marathon in 1:12:54 hours.

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* 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Innichen Italian female middle-distance runners Italian female long-distance runners Italian female steeplechase runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy Athletes from South Tyrol Italian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-athletics-bio-stub