Maria Guida (born 23 January 1966 in Vico Equense) is an Italian former long-distance runner.

Biography

Maria Guida won one important medal, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions (gold medal at the European Championships in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

). She participated at one edition of the

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(1996), she has 29 caps in

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from 1988 to 2002.

Personal bests

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 ...

- 8:54.59 min (1994) *

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 ...

- 14:58.84 min (1996) * 10,000 metres - 31:27.82 min (1995) * Half marathon - 1:09:00 hrs (2000) *

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

- 2:25:57 hrs (1999)

Achievements

National titles

She has won 9 times the individual national championship. *6 wins in the 10,000 metres (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001) *3 wins in the half marathon (1994, 1999, 2002)

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