Veronica Inglese (born 22 November 1990) is an Italian

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. She won a silver medal at the

2016 European Athletics Championships The 2016 European Athletics Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. It was the first time the Netherlands hosted the event. Due to 2016 being an Olympic year, there was no racewalking and the marathon compet ...

Biography

In the 5,000m, she won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships in Athletics. She won twelve Italian national titles, including four senior (5000m, 10 km road, cross-country and 10,000m track). She has been selected several times on the

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team: at the 2011 World Championships, at the

2013 European Cross Country Championships The 2013 European Cross Country Championships was the 20th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Belgrade, Serbia, on 8 December 2013. The senior individual winners were Alemayehu Bezabeh of Spain ...

where she finished 8th, and at the 2014 Half Marathon World Championships, among others. On 1 May 2016, she ran in Palo Alto the 10,000m in 31:42:02, which qualifies her for the

Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

, a time she adds over 5,000m, 15:22:45, 25 June 2016 in Rieti to win the national championship. On 6 July 2016, she finished 6th in the 10,000m European Championships in Amsterdam, beating her personal best, and on 10 July she won the half marathon silver medal behind

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National titles

She won four national championships at individual senior level in four different specialities. *

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 ...

** 5000 m: 2016 ** 10,000 m: 2014 ** 10 km road: 2103 ** Cross-country running: 2014

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inglese, Veronica 1990 births Living people Italian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Italian female cross country runners People from Barletta Sportspeople from the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani Italian Athletics Championships winners