Bruna Genovese
ITALY
BIRTHDATE:
September 24, 1976
PERSONAL BEST:
2:25:28 (Boston, 2006)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
17Apr06 Boston Marathon 4th 2:25:28
06Nov05 ING New York City Marathon 5th 2:27:15
18Apr05 Boston Marathon 3rd 2:29:51
22Aug04 Olympic Marathon, Athens 10th 2:32:50
13Apr03 Flora London Marathon 14th 2:32:58
15Apr02 Boston Marathon 6th 2:29:02
12Aug01 World Championships 17th 2:33:13
16Apr01 Boston Marathon 9th 2:30:39
CAREER NOTES:
Genovese began running at age 12 and went on to become the Italian Junior 12K Champion in 1995 and the Under-21 Half Marathon Italian Champion in 1998. At the 1999 Venice Marathon, Genovese finished her debut race by placing third with a 2:31:06 Olympic “A” qualifying time even though she was only scheduled to run 30K.
She has enjoyed great success at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon. After a third place in 2001 and fourth in 2003, she earned her only career marathon victory with a 2:26:34 there in 2004. That year she was also second in Rome and 10th at the Olympics.
Genovese turned in two solid 2005 marathon performances with her third in Boston and fifth in New York City. In the half marathon, she was the Italian Half Marathon Champion in 2005 and also won the Cremona Half Marathon in a PR 1:11:22.
For the second consecutive year Genovese recorded a top-five finish at Boston in 2006, placing fourth with a new personal best of 2:25:28. She was also fifth at that summer's European Championships.
PERSONAL NOTES:
Genovese lives in the Montello area of Italy and trains under the direction of 1992 Olympian Salvatore Bettiol of Italy. Genovese does not have a profession outside of running and has a degree in statistics and information science. She is single and has one sister. Her hobbies are reading books and going to the cinema.
HIGHLIGHTS:
12Aug06 European Championships 5th 2:31:15
21Nov04 Tokyo International Women’s Marathon 1st 2:26:34
28Mar04 Rome Marathon 2nd 2:29:04
16Nov03 Tokyo International Women’s Marathon 4th 2:34:04
18Nov01 Tokyo International Women’s Marathon 3rd 2:25:35
24Oct99 Venice Marathon 3rd 2:31:06
