Franca Fiacconi

Franca Fiacconi

Fiacconi in 2012.
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1965-10-04) October 4, 1965 Rome, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Marathon: 2:25.17 (1998)
Medal record Universiade 1993 Buffalo Marathon European Marathon Cup 1998 Budapest Team event International Marathons Event 1st 2nd 3rd New York Marathon 1 2 1 Italian Marathon 1 0 0 Osaka Marathon 0 1 0 Rome Marathon 1 0 0 Turin Marathon 1 0 0

Franca Fiacconi (born 4 October 1965 in Rome) is a marathon runner from Italy.

Biography

Fiacconi won the 1998 New York City Marathon, after finishing second in 1996 and third in 1997. She also won the 2001 Enschede Marathon. She placed fourth in the women's marathon at the 1998 European Championships and won the silver medal at the 1993 Summer Universiade.

Fiacconi won the Turin Marathon in 1996 and 1998, also taking the Italian national title in the latter edition.

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1993	World Student Games	Buffalo, United States	2nd	2:38:44
1996	Italian Marathon	Carpi, Italy	1st	2:28:22
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	13th	2:39:53
1998	Rome City Marathon	Rome, Italy	1st	2:28:12
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	2:28:59
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	1st	2:25:17
1999	Prague Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	2:28:33
2001	Osaka International Ladies Marathon	Osaka, Japan	2nd	2:26:49
	Enschede Marathon	Enschede, Netherlands	1st	2:31:40

Personal bests

• 10,000 metres - 36:02.5 - Roma - 10/04/1993
• Half marathon - 1:12:37 - Uster - 27/09/1998
• 30 kilometres - 1:44:08 - Osaka - 28/01/2001
• Marathon - 2:25:17 - New York City - 01/11/1998

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Marathon

External links

• Franca Fiacconi at World Athletics