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Maratona Di Sant'Antonio
The Maratona di Sant'Antonio (also known as the ''Maratona S. Antonio'' and ''Padua Marathon'') is an annual road running competition which takes place in April in Padua, Italy. The event features a full marathon race (42.195 km), a half marathon, and a range of shorter fun run events for amateurs. The competition is named in honour of Anthony of Padua, a 13th-century saint who died in the city. History The first marathon held in the area was the Vedelago Marathon, which was a national level race organised by the Gruppo Atletica Vedelago between 1988 and 1999. Another group, Assindustria Sport Padova, took over management of the marathon in 2000 and the race became an international one. Its route was also changed, with the start point remaining in the comune of Vedelago and the finish point being moved to Padua. A new course was introduced for the 2011 edition, which began in Campodarsego and found its end point in Padua's large city square – the Prato della Valle. The mara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prato Della Valle
Prato della Valle (''Prà deła Vałe'' in Venetian) is a 90,000-square-meter elliptical square in Padova, Italy. It is the largest square in Italy, Lionello Puppi, Giuseppe Toffanin. Guida di Padova. ''Arte e storia tra vie e piazze.'' Trieste, 1983, p. 163 and one of the largest in Europe. Today, the square is a large space with a green island at the center, ''l'Isola Memmia'', surrounded by a small canal bordered by two rings of statues. History Prior to 1635, the area which would come to be known as the "Prato della valle" was largely a featureless expanse of partially swampy terrain just south of the old city walls of Padova. In 1636 a group of Venetian and Veneto notables financed the construction there of a temporary but lavishly appointed theater as a venue for mock battles on horseback. The musical entertainment which served as prologue to the jousting is considered to be the immediate predecessor of the first public opera performances in Venice which began the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge are the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected unopposed in 2019 for a further four years. World Athletics suspended the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible to hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Calcaterra
Giorgio Calcaterra (born 11 February 1972 in Rome) is an Italian ultramarathoner, three times world champion of the 100 km. He is the most successful athlete at the IAU 100 km European Championships, being a three-time winner and also a silver and bronze medallist from 2008 to 2015. In 2000 he ran 20 marathons under 2 hours and 20 minutes. He was the world leader of the 100 km top lists from 2008 to 2012. In 2003 he won the Helsinki City Marathon and in 2005 he won the Utrecht Marathon. He is three time Italy winner of the Wings for Life World Run. In 2016 he was world winner of this race. He ran 88.44 km, the world record. Calcaterra has been a vegetarian since the age of 15 and in 2019 became a vegan for ethical reasons. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Casiraghi
Monica Casiraghi is an Italian ultrarunner from Missaglia, who won the IAU 100 km World Championships in 2003 after finishing third in 2001 and 2002. She is also the Italian world record holder for a 24-hour race, during which she covered 231 km in the 2010 World Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Brive, France. She ran her first ultramarathon in 1997. In 2006 and 2007 she was European Champion for the 100 km races. She won the silver medal in the European Championship in 2009 and the bronze medal the following year. In 2010, she won the silver medal at the World Championship (100 km). In 2011, she won the Lake Como, Lago di Como ultratrail. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Casiraghi, Monica Italian ultramarathon runners Year of birth missing (living people) Italian female long-distance runners Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
