Maria Guida

Maria Guida

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1966-01-23) 23 January 1966 (age 58) Vico Equense, Italy
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long distance running
Club	G.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	5000 m: 14:58.84 (1996) 10000 m: 31:27.82 (1995) Marathon: 2:25:57 (1999)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd European Championships 1 0 0

Maria Guida (born 23 January 1966 in Vico Equense) is an Italian former long-distance runner.

Biography

Maria Guida won one important medal, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions (gold medal at the European Championships in the marathon).^[1] She participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1996), she has 29 caps in national team from 1988 to 2002.^[2]

Personal bests

• 3000 metres - 8:54.59 min (1994)
• 5000 metres - 14:58.84 min (1996)
• 10,000 metres - 31:27.82 min (1995)
• Half marathon - 1:09:00 hrs (2000)
• Marathon - 2:25:57 hrs (1999)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	12th	10,000 m	32:15.34
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	10,000 m	31:42.14
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	10,000 m	31:27.82
1998	World Half Marathon Championships	Uster, Switzerland	15th	Half marathon	1:11:31
1999	Italian Marathon	Carpi, Emilia-Romagna	1st	Marathon	2:25:57
2001	Rome City Marathon	Rome, Italy	1st	Marathon	2:30:42
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	Marathon	2:26:05

National titles

She has won 9 times the individual national championship.^[3]

• 6 wins in the 10,000 metres (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001)
• 3 wins in the half marathon (1994, 1999, 2002)

See also

• FIDAL Hall of Fame
• Italian all-time lists - 5000 metres
• Italian all-time lists - 10000 metres
• Italian all-time lists - Half marathon
• Italian all-time lists - Marathon

References

1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
3. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

External links

• Maria Guida at World Athletics
• Maria Guida at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Maria Guida at Olympedia