Antonella Confortola Wyatt is an Italian former cross-country skier and mountain runner.
Paola Pigni was an Italian middle- and long-distance runner. She was a three-time world champion in cross country and held the world record over five distance running events on the track, from 1,500m to 10,000m.
Maria Curatolo is a former Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race.
Nadia Dandolo is a former Italian long-distance runner, two-time it the top eight at European Championships and one at the European Indoor Championships (1991).
Cosimo Caliandro was an Italian middle distance runner who won a gold medal at the 2007 European Indoor Championships.
Stefano La Rosa is an Italian long distance runner. He is a five-time Italian champion.
Andrea Lalli is an Italian long distance runner.
Elena Romagnolo is an Italian steeplechaser, middle and long-distance runner. She is the national record holder in the 3000 metres steeplechase, but now competes mainly in the 5000 metres.
Kate Avery is a British long-distance runner. She competes in track and road competitions but specialises in cross country running. She was twice silver medallist at the 2014 European Cross Country Championships and 2015, and also a gold medallist on both occasions as part of the Great Britain women's senior team. She became the first British woman to win the NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship in 2014, running for Iona College.
Federica Del Buono is an Italian middle-distance runner who competes mainly in track events. She was the bronze medallist in the 1500 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2015.
John Barry Nuttall was a British male long-distance runner who competed in track and cross country running. He competed for Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also represented his country twice at the World Championships in Athletics and five times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He was a silver medallist at the 1994 IAAF World Cup and a bronze medallist at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
Veronica Inglese is an Italian long-distance runner. She won a silver medal at the 2016 European Athletics Championships.
The 2016 European Cross Country Championships was the 23rd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Chia, Italy.
Irene Sánchez-Escribano Figueroa is a Spanish runner competing primarily in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final.
Martin Dematteis is an Italian male mountain runner and sky runner, one time senior individual European champion at European Mountain Running Championships (2016).
Marta Zenoni is an Italian middle-distance runner who won six national titles at senior level.
Isaac Kimeli is a Kenyan born Belgian middle- and long-distance runner.
Nadia Battocletti is an Italian female middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 5000 m and 10000 m races at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Battocletti won a silver medal in the 10,000 m and placed fourth in the 5000 m race.
Giuseppe Ardizzone was an Italian long-distance runner, who was 6th in the 5000 m at the 1969 European Athletics Championships.
Nekagenet Crippa is an Ethiopian-born Italian middle distance runner and cross-country runner who won a national title in 2019 and at senior level.
