Marcella Mancini
Encyclopedia
Marcella Mancini is an Italian
long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon
. A two-time Italian champion in the marathon, she has twice represented Italy at the international level – at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
and the 2006 European Championships Marathon
. Her personal best of 2:33:17 hours for the distance was set at the 2005 Turin Marathon
.
She is a three-time winner of the Maratona di Sant'Antonio
in Padua and won the 2011 Milan City Marathon. She has also won lower-level races in Reggio Emilia
, Ravenna
and her home town of Ascoli Piceno.
, she made her debut over the distance on home turf at the Maratona del Piceno in 2000, coming fourth. The following year she was sixth at the larger Rome City Marathon
and returned to the Piceno race to take her first marathon win. She also took the first of three consecutive victories at the 2001 Maratonina di Porto Recanati half marathon
. Mancini completed her first marathon under the two hours and forty minutes mark at the 2002 Rome Marathon, setting a personal best of 2:39:50 for fourth position. She won the 18 km Miglianico Tour competition in August, going on to place sixth at the Venice Marathon
in October. Her second career win over the longer distance came at the end of that year, as she topped the rankings at the Reggio Emilia Marathon.
Mancini opened her 2003 season with two half marathon wins in March, taking the title at the Maratonina delle 4 Porte in Pieve di Cento
and then the Bologna Half Marathon. She went on to have a successful year in marathon running: she won the Maratona di Sant'Antonio
in Padua
in a personal best of 2:36:14 hours, took a second win of the year at the Ravenna Marathon, and then came fourth at the higher profile Italian Marathon in Carpi. The 2004 Roma-Ostia Half Marathon
saw her set a personal best of 1:13:57 hours at the distance, taking fifth place. She knocked two minutes off her best at the Rome Marathon, coming fourth in 2:34:02 hours, A back-to-back victory at the Ravenna Marathon was followed by a runner-up performance at the Florence Marathon
– her time of 2:34:40 was the second best of her career, although she was far behind Kenyan Florence Barsosio
who won the race.
She achieved a career best for the half marathon at the Rome-Ostia race in February 2005, running 1:13:15 and finishing as runner-up to Rosaria Console
. Another best came at the Turin Marathon
in April, where her time of 2:33:16 brought her fourth place. Her performances gained Mancini her first national selection – at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
she ended the competition in 51st place. She ended that year with a fourth place finish at the Venice Marathon
.
Mancini took her first Italian title as part of her win at the 2006 Maratona di Sant'Antonio. She was fourth at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon and sixth at the Stramilano
race. Her national title in Padua had earned her the opportunity to represent Italy in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Despite her ranking as the national champion, she was the fifth Italian to cross the line, ending the race in 21st place. Her sole marathon outing of 2007 came at the Milan City Marathon, where she was a distant second to Pamela Chepchumba
.
In 2008, she was fourth at the Roma-Ostia and then made her first appearance at the Paris Marathon
, coming twelfth overall. Her best time that year came via her winning run at the Padua Marathon, and she also placed in the top three at the Florence Marathon. Mancini completed her first marathon under 2:34:00 since 2005 at the Rome Marathon in 2009, but this was only enough for tenth place. She had a better placing at the Carpi Marathon in October, finishing as runner-up behind Anne Cheptanui Bererwe. The highlight of her 2010 was a national title win at the Venice Marathon (sixth overall) and top five finishes at the Milan and Florence Marathons.
Mancini was sixth at the Stramilano in March, but she went on to take a major win at the Milan Marathon the following month. The heat and wind contributed to the race's slowest ever winning time and she commented: "It was not a good day despite the win...but in the final kilometres I heard the crowd supporting me and this gave me extra strength to take the win."
She is associated with the Volpiano
-based Runner Team '99 SBV.
Italy
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long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
. A two-time Italian champion in the marathon, she has twice represented Italy at the international level – at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 14th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Edmonton, Canada on 1 October 2005. This was the final World Half Marathon Championships to be staged, the competition being replaced by the World Road Running Championships in 2006. A total of 156 athletes, 87 men and 69 women, from 43...
and the 2006 European Championships Marathon
2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's Marathon
The Women's Marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was held at the Ullevi on August 12.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Final ranking:Italy won European Marathon Cup -External links:**...
. Her personal best of 2:33:17 hours for the distance was set at the 2005 Turin Marathon
Turin Marathon
The Turin Marathon is an annual marathon race which takes place in Turin, Italy in November. The first edition of the modern race was held in 1987, although other marathon competitions have been held in the city prior to this, including sporadic races in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the earliest...
.
She is a three-time winner of the Maratona di Sant'Antonio
Maratona di Sant'Antonio
The Maratona di Sant'Antonio is an annual road running competition which takes place in April in Padua, Italy. The event features a full marathon race , a half marathon, and a range of shorter fun run events for amateurs...
in Padua and won the 2011 Milan City Marathon. She has also won lower-level races in Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, Ravenna
Ravenna
Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome...
and her home town of Ascoli Piceno.
Career
Born in Ascoli PicenoAscoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno is a town and comune in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is c. 51,400.-Geography:...
, she made her debut over the distance on home turf at the Maratona del Piceno in 2000, coming fourth. The following year she was sixth at the larger Rome City Marathon
Rome City Marathon
The Rome Marathon is an annual marathon competition hosted by the city of Rome, Italy on a Sunday of March.The competition has also doubled as the Italian Marathon championships on two occasions; in 1983 and 1986. The race date was shifted from the traditional March schedule to 1 January in 2000...
and returned to the Piceno race to take her first marathon win. She also took the first of three consecutive victories at the 2001 Maratonina di Porto Recanati half marathon
Half marathon
A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...
. Mancini completed her first marathon under the two hours and forty minutes mark at the 2002 Rome Marathon, setting a personal best of 2:39:50 for fourth position. She won the 18 km Miglianico Tour competition in August, going on to place sixth at the Venice Marathon
Venice Marathon
The Venice Marathon is a marathon road race that has been held each year in Venice since 1986, usually in October. The race is currently sponsored by Casino di Venezia , and thus it is known as the Casino di Venezia Venice Marathon. Ponte della Libertà and Parco San Giuliano are among the landmarks...
in October. Her second career win over the longer distance came at the end of that year, as she topped the rankings at the Reggio Emilia Marathon.
Mancini opened her 2003 season with two half marathon wins in March, taking the title at the Maratonina delle 4 Porte in Pieve di Cento
Pieve di Cento
Pieve di Cento is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 25 km north of Bologna.-External links:*...
and then the Bologna Half Marathon. She went on to have a successful year in marathon running: she won the Maratona di Sant'Antonio
Maratona di Sant'Antonio
The Maratona di Sant'Antonio is an annual road running competition which takes place in April in Padua, Italy. The event features a full marathon race , a half marathon, and a range of shorter fun run events for amateurs...
in Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
in a personal best of 2:36:14 hours, took a second win of the year at the Ravenna Marathon, and then came fourth at the higher profile Italian Marathon in Carpi. The 2004 Roma-Ostia Half Marathon
Roma-Ostia Half Marathon
The Roma-Ostia Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in late February in Rome, Italy. The course begins in the EUR district of the city and follows a direct south-easterly route to the finish point near the beaches of Ostia...
saw her set a personal best of 1:13:57 hours at the distance, taking fifth place. She knocked two minutes off her best at the Rome Marathon, coming fourth in 2:34:02 hours, A back-to-back victory at the Ravenna Marathon was followed by a runner-up performance at the Florence Marathon
Florence Marathon
The Florence Marathon is an annual full-length marathon race which takes place in late November in Florence, Italy. Established in 1984, the international competition has significantly grown in size since its inaugural edition of 462 runners – a total of 10,211 runners started the 2010 edition,...
– her time of 2:34:40 was the second best of her career, although she was far behind Kenyan Florence Barsosio
Florence Barsosio
Florence Jepkemoi Barsosio is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in long-distance running. Her sister, Sally Barsosio, is also a professional runner....
who won the race.
She achieved a career best for the half marathon at the Rome-Ostia race in February 2005, running 1:13:15 and finishing as runner-up to Rosaria Console
Rosaria Console
Rosaria Console is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon and marathon.She suffered a tibia problem in early 2011 but still managed to take fifth place at the Rome City Marathon in March....
. Another best came at the Turin Marathon
Turin Marathon
The Turin Marathon is an annual marathon race which takes place in Turin, Italy in November. The first edition of the modern race was held in 1987, although other marathon competitions have been held in the city prior to this, including sporadic races in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the earliest...
in April, where her time of 2:33:16 brought her fourth place. Her performances gained Mancini her first national selection – at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 14th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Edmonton, Canada on 1 October 2005. This was the final World Half Marathon Championships to be staged, the competition being replaced by the World Road Running Championships in 2006. A total of 156 athletes, 87 men and 69 women, from 43...
she ended the competition in 51st place. She ended that year with a fourth place finish at the Venice Marathon
Venice Marathon
The Venice Marathon is a marathon road race that has been held each year in Venice since 1986, usually in October. The race is currently sponsored by Casino di Venezia , and thus it is known as the Casino di Venezia Venice Marathon. Ponte della Libertà and Parco San Giuliano are among the landmarks...
.
Mancini took her first Italian title as part of her win at the 2006 Maratona di Sant'Antonio. She was fourth at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon and sixth at the Stramilano
Stramilano
The Stramilano is an annual athletics event which takes place in Milan, Italy in spring. The event comprises three parts: the Stramilano International Half Marathon , the La Stramilano dei 50.000 and the Stramilanina – a 5 km event for younger people.The event was conceived in 1972 by the...
race. Her national title in Padua had earned her the opportunity to represent Italy in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Despite her ranking as the national champion, she was the fifth Italian to cross the line, ending the race in 21st place. Her sole marathon outing of 2007 came at the Milan City Marathon, where she was a distant second to Pamela Chepchumba
Pamela Chepchumba
Pamela Chepchumba is an athlete from Kenya. Her best achievements are from cross country running....
.
In 2008, she was fourth at the Roma-Ostia and then made her first appearance at the Paris Marathon
Paris Marathon
The Paris International Marathon is an annual marathon which takes place from the Champs-Élysées heading towards the Place de la Concorde and continuing through the city to finish at Foch Avenue....
, coming twelfth overall. Her best time that year came via her winning run at the Padua Marathon, and she also placed in the top three at the Florence Marathon. Mancini completed her first marathon under 2:34:00 since 2005 at the Rome Marathon in 2009, but this was only enough for tenth place. She had a better placing at the Carpi Marathon in October, finishing as runner-up behind Anne Cheptanui Bererwe. The highlight of her 2010 was a national title win at the Venice Marathon (sixth overall) and top five finishes at the Milan and Florence Marathons.
Mancini was sixth at the Stramilano in March, but she went on to take a major win at the Milan Marathon the following month. The heat and wind contributed to the race's slowest ever winning time and she commented: "It was not a good day despite the win...but in the final kilometres I heard the crowd supporting me and this gave me extra strength to take the win."
She is associated with the Volpiano
Volpiano
Volpiano is a comune in the Province of Turin, in the Italian region Piedmont.The city is located about 15 km north-east of Turin....
-based Runner Team '99 SBV.
International competition
| 2005 | World Half Marathon Championships 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The 14th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Edmonton, Canada on 1 October 2005. This was the final World Half Marathon Championships to be staged, the competition being replaced by the World Road Running Championships in 2006. A total of 156 athletes, 87 men and 69 women, from 43... |
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51st | Half marathon |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... , Sweden |
21st | Marathon 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's Marathon The Women's Marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was held at the Ullevi on August 12.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Final ranking:Italy won European Marathon Cup -External links:**... |