Catherine Bertone

Catherine Bertone

Bertone at the 2008 Turin Half Marathon
Personal information
Born	(1972-05-06) 6 May 1972 (age 53) Bursa, Turkey
Education	University of Turin
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Weight	45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics Mountain running
Event	Long-distance running
Club	Atletica ASD Sandro Calvesi
Coached by	Roberto Rastello [2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best	2:28:32 (2017) [3]
Medal record Athletics European Championships 2016 Amsterdam Half marathon team Mountain running World Long Distance MR C'hips 2015 Zermatt Team 2015 Zermatt Individual

Catherine Bertone (born 6 May 1972) is a Turkish-born Italian marathon runner. She placed 25th at the 2016 Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Bertone's father is Italian and her mother is French. She was born in Turkey, where her father worked for Fiat at the time. The family later moved to Belo Horizonte in Brazil before returning to Italy, where Catherine received a medical degree from the University of Turin. She works as a doctor specializing in infectious diseases. She is married to Gabriele Beltrami and has daughters Corinne and Emilie. Her husband and her elder brother Silvio are also elite runners. ^[2]

World records

Masters athletics

• Marathon W45: 2:28:34, Berlin Germany, 23 September 2017 at the Berlin Marathon. ^[4]

See also

• List of world records in masters athletics - Marathon Women
• Masters W45 marathon world record progression
• Naturalized athletes of Italy

References

1. "Catherine Bertone". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
2. "Catherine Bertone". nbcolympics.com. National Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
3. "Catherine Bertone". IAAF.org. International Association of Athletics Federations.
4. "Kipchoge vince a Berlino, Bertone sesta 2h28:34". FIDAL.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera . Retrieved 24 September 2017. La 45enne pediatra valdostana si impossessa, infatti, anche del record del mondo master W45

External links

• Catherine Bertone at World Athletics
• Catherine Bertone at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Catherine Bertone at ARRS
• Catherine Bertone at ITRA
• Catherine Bertone at Olympics.com
• Catherine Bertone at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Catherine Bertone at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Catherine Bertone at Olympedia