Emma Scaunich, but real surname is Scaunigh,
[ (1 March 1954) is a former Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race.]
Career
She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions
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. She participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics
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(1992) and one of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics
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(1987). She has 13 caps in national team from 1984 to 1992.
Achievements
National titles
She has won 5 times consecutively the individual national championship.marathon
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(1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
See also
* Italian team at the running events
The Italian team at the running events represents Italy at senior level at the road running (marathon, half marathon), racewalking, cross country running and track long-distance running (10,000 metres) events, such as World championships, Wo ...
* Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics
References
External links
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1954 births
Living people
Italian female long-distance runners
Italian female marathon runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Italy
Sportspeople from Udine
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy