Francesca Carbone

Francesca Carbone

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1968-07-17) 17 July 1968 (age 57) Genoa, Italy
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Club	Snam Gas Metano
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400 m: 53.01 (2000)
Medal record European Indoor Championships 2000 Ghent 4x400 m relay Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari 4x400 m relay 2001 Tunis 4x400 m relay 1993 Narbonne 400 m

Francesca Carbone (born 17 July 1968 in Genoa) is an Italian former sprinter (400 m).

Biography

In her career she won 4 times in the national championships. She has 35 caps in national team from 1989 to 2001. ^[1]

National records

• 4x400 metres relay: 3'26"69 ( Paris, 20 June 1999) - with Virna De Angeli, Patrizia Spuri, Danielle Perpoli
• 4x400 metres relay indoor: 3'35"01 ( Ghent, 27 February 2000) - with Virna De Angeli, Patrizia Spuri, Carla Barbarino

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Italy
1989	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.40
1993	Mediterranean Games	Narbonne, France	3rd	400 metres	53.78 [2]
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.31
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	8th	4x400 metres relay	3:30.63
	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	1st	4x400 metres relay	3:29.98
1999	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	8th	4x400 metres relay	3:29.56
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	2nd	4x400 metres relay	3:35.01
2001	Mediterranean Games	Tunis, Tunisia	2nd	4x400 metres relay	3'38"90 [2]

National titles

• 1 win on 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1993) ^[3]
• 3 wins on 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1993, 1995, 2000) ^[4]

References

1. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
2. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DONNE" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
3. "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
4. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

External links

• Francesca Carbone at World Athletics
• Francesca Carbone at Olympics.com
• Francesca Carbone at Olympedia