Rita Marchisio (born 13 February 1950 in
Cuneo
Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area.
It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...
) is a former
long-distance runner from
Italy
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Biography
She won the inaugural
Osaka Ladies Marathon
The is an annual marathon road race for women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held on the 4th or 5th Sunday of January in the city of Osaka, Japan, and hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Kansai T ...
on 24 January 1982 in an Italian record time of 2:32:55 hours. More than a year later the record was broken by
Laura Fogli in the
New York City Marathon
The New York City Marathon (currently branded TCS New York City Marathon after its headline sponsor (commercial), sponsor) is an annual Marathon (sport), marathon () that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest mar ...
: 2:31:49.
Achievements
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1950 births
Living people
Italian female long-distance runners
Italian female marathon runners
Place of birth missing (living people)
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
20th-century Italian women
21st-century Italian women