Bruna Genovese

	Bruna Genovese during 2005 Boston Marathon
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	September 24, 1976 (age 49); Montebelluna, Italy
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Club	G.S. Forestale
Coached by	Salvatore Bettiol
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Half marathon: 1:11.22 (2005); Marathon: 2:25.28 (2006);
Medal record
European Marathon Cup
International Marathons
European Marathon Cup
International Marathons
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Bruna Genovese (born 24 September 1976 in Montebelluna) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.

Biography

Genovese won the Italian under 21 half-marathon championship in 1998.^[1] She ran her first marathon on 24 October 1999 in Venice,^[2] and won the 2004 Tokyo International Marathon with Kiyoko Shimahara finishing second and Elfenesh Alemu third.^[3]^[4]

Achievements

All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1999	Venice Marathon	Venice, Italy	3rd	2:31:06
2001	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	9th	2:30:39
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	17th	2:33:13
	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	2:25:35
2002	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	6th	2:29:02
2003	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	4th	2:34:32
2004	Rome Marathon	Rome, Italy	2nd	2:29:03
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th	2:32:50
	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:26:34
2005	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	3rd	2:29:51
2005	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	5th	2:27:15
2006	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	4th	2:25:28
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	2:31:15
2008	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	6th	2:30:52
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	17th	2:31:31
2009	Turin Marathon	Turin, Italy	3rd	2:30:51
2009	Yokohama Marathon	Yokohama, Japan	4th	2:29:57
2010	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	5th	2:29:12

Personal bests

10,000 metres - 33:36.03 min (2005)
Half marathon - 1:11:22 hrs (2005)
Marathon - 2:25:28 hrs (2006)

References

^ "Bruna Genovese" (PDF). Boston Marathon 2001 Women’s Open Biographies. John Hancock. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
^ "Bruna Genovese, partenza per Pechino". Asterisco Informazioni. Fabrizio Stelluto. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
^ Nakamura, Ken (21 November 2004). "Genovese comes from behind for surprise win in Tokyo Women's Marathon". News Centre. IAAF. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
^ "Genovese takes Tokyo Marathon". Other Sports. The Japan Times. 22 November 2004. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

External links

Bruna Genovese at World Athletics
Bruna Genovese at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
Bruna Genovese at ARRS
Bruna Genovese at Olympics.com
Bruna Genovese at Olympedia
Bruna Genovese at Marathoninfo

[1] "Bruna Genovese" (PDF). Boston Marathon 2001 Women’s Open Biographies. John Hancock. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

[2] "Bruna Genovese, partenza per Pechino". Asterisco Informazioni. Fabrizio Stelluto. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

[3] Nakamura, Ken (21 November 2004). "Genovese comes from behind for surprise win in Tokyo Women's Marathon". News Centre. IAAF. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

[4] "Genovese takes Tokyo Marathon". Other Sports. The Japan Times. 22 November 2004. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

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v t e Tokyo Marathon – women's winners
Tokyo International Women's Marathon	1979–1980: Joyce Smith (ENG) 1981: Linda Staudt (CAN) 1982: Zoya Ivanova (URS) 1983: Nanae Sasaki (JPN) 1984–1985: Katrin Dörre (GDR) 1986: Rosa Mota (POR) 1987: Katrin Dörre (GDR) 1988: Aurora Cunha (POR) 1989: Lyubov Klochko (URS) 1990: Xie Lihua (CHN) 1991: Mari Tanigawa (JPN) 1992: Liz McColgan (SCO) 1993–1994: Valentina Yegorova (RUS) 1995: Junko Asari (JPN) 1996: Nobuko Fujimura (JPN) 1997: Makiko Ito (JPN) 1998: Junko Asari (JPN) 1999: Eri Yamaguchi (JPN) 2000: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) 2001: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 2002: Banuelia Mrashani (TAN) 2003: Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) 2004: Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2005: Naoko Takahashi (JPN) 2006: Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2007: Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 2008: Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)
Tokyo Marathon	2007: Hitomi Niiya (JPN) 2008: Claudia Dreher (GER) 2009: Mizuho Nasukawa (JPN) 2010: Alevtina Biktimirova (RUS) 2011: Noriko Higuchi (JPN) 2012: Atsede Habtamu (ETH) 2013: Aberu Kebede (ETH) 2014: Tirfi Tsegaye (ETH) 2015: Birhane Dibaba (ETH) 2016: Helah Kiprop (KEN) 2017: Sarah Chepchirchir (KEN) 2018: Birhane Dibaba (ETH) 2019: Ruti Aga (ETH) 2020: Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (ISR) 2021: Not held 2022: Brigid Kosgei (KEN) 2023: Rosemary Wanjiru (KEN)
World Marathon Majors Berlin Marathon – List (M/W) Boston Marathon – List (M/W) Chicago Marathon – List (M/W) London Marathon – List (M/W) New York City Marathon – List (M/W) Sydney Marathon – as of 2025 Tokyo Marathon – List (M/W)

v t e 2004 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Stefano Baldini Ivano Brugnetti Daniele Caimmi Maurizio Checcucci Simone Collio Giovanni De Benedictis Alberico Di Cecco Massimiliano Donati Alessandro Gandellini Marco Giungi Andrew Howe Andrea Longo Giuseppe Maffei Marco Torrieri
Men's field athletes	Paolo Casarsa Nicola Ciotti Fabrizio Donato Giuseppe Gibilisco Alessandro Talotti Nicola Trentin Nicola Vizzoni
Women's track & road athletes	Benedetta Ceccarelli Rosaria Console Bruna Genovese Rossella Giordano Monika Niederstätter Elisabetta Perrone Elisa Rigaudo
Women's field athletes	Ester Balassini Clarissa Claretti Claudia Coslovich Simona La Mantia Elisabetta Marin Magdelín Martínez Fiona May

v t e 2008 Italy Olympic athletics team
Men's track & road athletes	Ottaviano Andriani Stefano Baldini Ivano Brugnetti Diego Cafagna Simone Collio Fabio Cerutti Marco De Luca Emanuele Di Gregorio Claudio Licciardello Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Christian Obrist Ruggero Pertile Jacques Riparelli Giorgio Rubino Alex Schwazer Matteo Villani
Men's field athletes	Andrea Bettinelli Filippo Campioli Fabrizio Donato Giuseppe Gibilisco Andrew Howe Hannes Kirchler Marco Lingua Alessandro Talotti Nicola Vizzoni
Women's track & road athletes	Audrey Alloh Giulia Arcioni Vincenza Calì Micol Cattaneo Elisa Cusma Bruna Genovese Libania Grenot Anna Incerti Anita Pistone Elisa Rigaudo Elena Romagnolo Vincenza Sicari Silvia Weissteiner
Women's field athletes	Zahra Bani Clarissa Claretti Antonietta Di Martino Assunta Legnante Magdelín Martínez Chiara Rosa Silvia Salis

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