Maura Viceconte Athlete
Maura Viceconte is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who represented her native country twice (1996 and 2000) at the Summer Olympics. She is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She won three marathons during her career: Rome (1999), Vienna (2000), and Prague (2001). Her personal best time of 2:23:47 hours set at the Vienna City Marathon in 2000 stood as the Italian national record until April 2012, when it was beaten by Valeria Straneo.