Agnese Possamai

Agnese Possamai

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1953-01-17) 17 January 1953 (age 72) Lentiai, Italy
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	Fiamma Belluno
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800 m: 2:00.36 (1980) 1500 m: 4:05.14 (1984) 3000 m: 8:37.96 (1983)
Medal record World Indoor Championships 1985 Paris 3000 m European Indoor Championships 1981 Grenoble 1500 m 1982 Milan 3000 m 1985 Athens 3000 m 1983 Budapest 3000 m Mediterranean Games 1983 Casablanca 1500 m 1983 Casablanca 3000 m 1979 Split 800 m 1987 Latakia 1500 m World Cross Country Championships 1982 Rome Team cross country 1981 Madrid Team cross country

Agnese Possamai (born 17 January 1953 in Lentiai) is a retired middle-distance runner from Italy. Her greatest achievements were the 1985 World Indoor silver medal as well as three European Indoor gold medals.

Biography

She won eleven medals at senior level (9 individual, 2 team) at the international athletics competitions. ^[1] Her personal best times are 4:08.84 (1500 metres) and 8:37.96 (3000 metres). She has 60 caps in national team from 1977 to 1988. ^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1979	Mediterranean Games	Split, Yugoslavia	2nd	800 m	2:03.73	[3]
1981	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	1st	1500 m	4:07.49
1982	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	1st	3000 m	8:53.77	CR
1983	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	3000 m	9:04.41
	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	1st	1500 m	4:13.58	[3]
			1st	3000 m	9:15.64	[3]
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	10th	3000 m	9:10.82
1985	European Indoor Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	3000 m	8:55.25
	World Indoor Championships	Paris France	2nd	3000 m	9:09.66
1987	Mediterranean Games	Latakia, Syria	2nd	1500 m	4:13.98	[3]

National titles

Agnese Possamai has won 24 times the individual national championship. ^{[4] [5]}

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 800 metres: 1978, 1979 (2)
  • 3000 metres: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987 (5)
  • 1500 metres indoor: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986 (5)
  • 3000 metres indoor: 1982, 1983, 1984 (3)
  • cross country running: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 (7)
• Italian Mountain Running Championships
  • Mountain running: 1980, 1981 (2)

See also

• Italy national athletics team - Multiple medalists
• Italian Athletics Championships - Women multi winners
• Italy national athletics team - Women's more caps
• Italian all-time top lists - 800 m
• Italian all-time top lists - 1500 m

References

1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
3. "MEDITERRANEAN GAMES". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
4. "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
5. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

External links

• Agnese Possamai at World Athletics
• Agnese Possamai at Olympics.com
• Agnese Possamai at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Agnese Possamai at Olympedia