Emma Scaunich, but real surname is Scaunigh,
[ (1 March 1954) is a former ]Italian
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long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race
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Career
She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions
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. She participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1992) and one of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics (1987). She has 13 caps in national team
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from 1984 to 1992.
Achievements
National titles
She has won 5 times consecutively the individual national championship
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See also
* Italian team at the running events
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* Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Italy
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1954 births
Living people
Italian female long-distance runners
Italian female marathon runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Italy
Sportspeople from Udine
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy