Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) until 2020. He won the gold medal in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m and the silver medal in the 5000 m.
Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized at the 5000 metre distance. Widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner of all time, he is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion and the world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:01:09 set at the 2022 Berlin Marathon. He has run four of the six fastest marathons in history.
Jéssica de Barros Augusto, ComM is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events. At club level, she represents Sporting CP.
Anna Carmela Incerti is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. She has represented Italy in the marathon at European, World and Olympic-level. She won the bronze in the event at the 2010 European Championships, later upgraded to silver and then to gold.
Daniele Meucci is an Italian athlete who specialises in long-distance running, including track running, cross country and road running who won twenty medals at international level.
Stefano La Rosa is an Italian long distance runner. He is a five-time Italian champion.
The Roma-Ostia Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in early March in Rome, Italy. The course begins in the EUR district of the city and follows a direct south-easterly route to the finish point near the beaches of Ostia. It is Italy's most popular half marathon, with a record 12,000 entries and 9,485 finishers in 2011.
Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in cross country, marathon, and half marathon races. He was the 2011 World Junior Cross Country Champion. Kamworor won the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships three times in a row from 2014 to 2018. In the IAAF World Cross Country Championships he won in 2015 and 2017.
Valeria Straneo is an Italian long-distance runner, winner of the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and Italian record holder in the marathon.
Jacob Kiplimo is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is 2020 Tokyo Olympic 10,000 metres bronze medallist and also won bronze in the event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Kiplimo earned gold medals in the 5000 metres and 10,000 m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He is the 2020 World Half Marathon champion. On 21 November 2021, Kiplimo set a half marathon world record at 57:31 in Lisbon.
Cristina Tomasini is an Italian female retired long-distance runner, which participated at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.
Federica Dal Ri is an Italian female long-distance runner who won a gold medal at the World Military Track and Field Championships.
Giammarco Buttazzo is an Italian male long-distance runner who won one national championship.
Raffaello Alliegro is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at three editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. He won one national championships at senior level.
Michele Gamba is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at two editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. and four of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
Giovanni Gualdi is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at three editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. He won one national championships at senior level.
Patrizia Tisi is a former Italian female long-distance runner who competed at four editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. and two of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
Fatna Maraoui is a born Moroccan female Italian long-distance runner who competed at two editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level. and also two of editions the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
Gabriel Gerald Geay is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. Geay has competed at the professional level in distances 5K through to the half marathon.
Simone Gariboldi is an Italian male middle distance runner who won two national titles at senior level. He participated at the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
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