Agnese Possamai (born 17 January 1953 in
Lentiai) is a retired
middle-distance runner from
Italy
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. Her greatest achievements were the 1985 World Indoor silver medal as well as three European Indoor gold medals.
Biography
She won eleven medals at senior level (9 individual, 2 team) at the
international athletics competitions
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* Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme
* World cham ...
. Her personal best times are 4:08.84 (1500 metres) and 8:37.96 (3000 metres). She has 60 caps in
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
from 1977 to 1988.
Achievements
National titles
Agnese Possamai has won 24 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 ...
.
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Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships () are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in ...
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800 metres
The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...
: 1978, 1979 (2)
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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 ...
: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987 (5)
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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 ...
indoor: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986 (5)
**3000 metres indoor: 1982, 1983, 1984 (3)
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cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and soil, earth, pass through woodlands and ope ...
: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 (7)
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Italian Mountain Running Championships
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Mountain running
Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; its courses are more ...
: 1980, 1981 (2)
See also
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Italy national athletics team - Multiple medalists
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Italian Athletics Championships - Women multi winners
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Italy national athletics team - Women's more caps
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Italian all-time top lists - 800 m
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Italian all-time top lists - 1500 m
References
External links
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1953 births
Living people
Sportspeople from the Province of Belluno
Athletes from Veneto
Italian female middle-distance runners
Italian female mountain runners
Olympic athletes for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Italian Athletics Championships winners
20th-century Italian sportswomen