Elena Romagnolo (born 5 October 1982 in

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) is an Italian steeplechaser, middle and long-distance runner. She is the national record holder in the 3000 metres steeplechase, but now competes mainly in the 5000 metres.

Biography

She first established herself as a steeplechase runner, taking back-to-back national titles in 2006 and 2007. She represented her country in that event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, the

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and the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the latter event she ran an Italian record of 9:27.48 minutes in the heats and finished eleventh in the final. Her final global appearance in the steeplechase came at the

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, where she did not progress beyond the heats.Romagnolo Elena
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-25. Romagnolo has been a frequent representative for Italy in

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, having competed at the

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in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. Her best finish came in 2010 in Bydgoszcz, where she placed 24th overall. She was tenth at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships. She participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (2008, 2012), she has 22 caps in

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from 2006 to 2012. Since 2009, she began to turn her attention to flat running rather than the steeplechase. She placed sixth in the 5000 metres final at the

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and was the silver medallist at the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games ( it, XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the Inter ...

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(running a personal best of 15:13.19 minutes). Romagnolo did not perform well in the 2011 season but she showed a return to form at the

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in March 2012, where she was runner-up to Kenya's Priscah Jepleting. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the final of the women's 5000 metres.

National records

* 3000 metres steeplechase: 9:27:48 (

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, 15 August 2008) - Current holder

Achievements

National titles

She won 7 times the individual

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. *3 wins in the 3000 metres steeplechase track (2005, 2007, 2007) *1 win in the

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(2009) *1 win in the 5000 metres (2008) *1 win in the

(2010) *1 win in the 3000 metres indoor (2009)

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