Patrizia Spuri (born 18 February 1973 in

Fara in Sabina Fara in Sabina, also spelled Fara Sabina, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italy, Italian region Lazio, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. History The area was inhabited in Prehistoric It ...

) is an Italian former sprinter (400 m) and

middle distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

(800 m). In her career she won 9 times the

national championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

. She's the wife of the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

Fabrizio Donato Fabrizio Donato (born 14 August 1976) is an Italian athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He is known for winning gold medals at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and the 2009 European Indoor Championships, the latt ...

National records

* 4x400 metres relay: 3'26"69 (

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, 20 June 1999) - with

Virna De Angeli Virna De Angeli (born 27 February 1976 in Gravedona) is an Italian former sprinter. Biography In her career she won 10 national championships. She is the wife of the 2004 Summer Olympics marathon champion, Stefano Baldini. The couple has two d ...

, Francesca Carbone,

Danielle Perpoli Danielle Perpoli (Melbourne, 7 March 1968) is an Italian former sprinter (400 m). Biography In her career she won gold medals at the Italian Athletics Championships on four occasions, with two victories in the 200m and two in the 400m events. ...

* 4x400 metres relay indoor: 3'35"01 (

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, 27 February 2000) - with

, Francesca Carbone,

Carla Barbarino Carla Barbarino ( Lodi, 16 May 1967) is an Italian former sprinter (400 m) and hurdler (400 m hs). Biography She won the national championships four times. She has been the coach of Italian hurdler Manuela Gentili since 2004. National records ...

Achievements

National titles

*4 wins in

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

at the

Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, wa ...

(1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) *1 win in

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

at the Italian Athletics Championships (1999) *2 wins in 400 metres at the

Italian Athletics Indoor Championships The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from ...

(1994, 1998) *1 win in 800 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (2000)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spuri, Patrizia 1973 births Living people People from Rieti Italian female sprinters Italian female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from the Province of Rieti

National records

Achievements

National titles

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