Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020. He won the gold medal in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m and the silver medal in the 5,000 m.
Renato Canova is an Italian athletics coach.
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.
Rachid Meknes Berradi is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.
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.
Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. Kamworor claimed victories at the World Half Marathon Championships three times in a row from 2014 to 2018. He took individual titles at the World Cross Country Championships in 2015 and 2017, and finished third in 2019. He won his first World Marathon Major at the 2017 New York City Marathon and regained his title in 2019, after a second-place finish in 2015. Kamworor also placed second at the 2023 London Marathon and earned three other podium finishes at a World Marathon Majors.
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 who is the current world record holder in the half marathon. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Kiplimo won a bronze medal in the 10,000 m events. Kiplimo won gold medals in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and he won a silver and gold medal at the 2019 and 2023 World Cross Country Championships, respectively. He was also the winner of the 2020 World Half Marathon.
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 Ragno is a former Italian female long-distance runner who competed at one edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level (1996), and two of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
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.
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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