Sara Dossena

Sara Dossena (born 21 November 1984) is an Italian long-distance runner, who won a gold medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.[1] She also won three national championships (10.000 m track, 10 km road and cross country). In 2019, she competed in the women's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[2] She did not finish her race.[2]

Sara Dossena
Sara Dossena at the 2017 New York City Marathon
Personal information
National teamItaly (6 caps)
Born (1984-11-21) 21 November 1984
Clusone
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running
ClubLaguna Running
Coached byMaurizio Brassini
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Half marathon: 1:10.10 (2018)
  • Marathon: 2:24.00 (2019)
  • 10K road: 32:17 (2019)
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 TarragonaHalf marathon
European 10,000m Cup
Bronze medal – third place2019 London10,000 m team

Career

Cross country running

In 2015, Dossena won the Italian Cross Country Championships.[3]

Road racing

In her first marathon, Dossena finished 6th at the 2017 New York City Marathon.[4]

Track racing

In 2017, she was Italian 10,000 metres champion.[5]

Multi-sport

Dossena has been the Italian triathlon champion and duathlon champion.[6]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2018 Mediterranean Games Spain Tarragona 1st Half marathon 1:13.48
European Championships Germany Berlin 6th Marathon 2:27:53 PB
2nd Marathon Team 7:32:46 [7]

National titles

Marathon

At March 2019 she disputed three marathon.[10]

MarathonTimeRankVenueDate
New York City Marathon2:29:396thUnited States New York City5 September 2017
Berlin Marathon2:27:536thGermany Berlin12 August 2018
Nagoya Women's Marathon2:24:007thJapan Nagoya10 March 2019

See also

References
  1. "NOC Medallist by Sport - Italy". tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. "Marathon Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. Sara Dossena da favola al Campaccio: è la seconda delle italiane - Montagna Express
  4. Sara Dossena sesta alla Maratona di New York – VareseNews
  5. Sara Dossena sesta alla Maratona di New York - MyValley.it notizie!
  6. Triathlete/duathlete Sara Dossena 6th at NYC Marathon - Slowtwitch.com
  7. She finished the race and received the medal, but the time was calculated on the first three athletes reached the finish lane.
  8. "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI INDIVIDUALI ASSOLUTI SU PISTA 2017 . RISULTATI" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  9. "10km: il tricolore è per Dossena e Salami" (in Italian). fidal.it. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  10. "Dossena super a Nagoya, maratona in 2h24:00". fidal.it. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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