Silvia Weissteiner
Silvia Weissteiner ( born July 13, 1979 in Sterzing ) is an Italian middle distance runner.
So far, the South Tyrolean six times Italian Champion: 2005 and 2006 over 5000 meters outdoors and 3000 meters in the hall as well as in cross country in 2003 on the short - and 2006 on the long haul. In European Championships she came in Munich in 2002 over 5000 meters on the 13th and 2006 in Gothenburg in the 10,000 meters at the 14th place, and twice she won at the Mediterranean Games bronze 5000m: 2005 in Almería and 2009 in Pescara. 38 times she was called into the Italian national team.
Also she won bronze at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in 2007 over 3000 meters, and the same year she won at the World Championships in Osaka over 5000 meters twelfth place. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 she left the same distance in advance, and at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, she was min as the best non- African Seventh in 15:09,74. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, she resigned in advance of, the same year Weissteiner was again Italian Champion over 3000m indoor and retired at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg in the flow. Her big goals for 1013 are as good as possible placements at the European Championships in Moscow and the Mediterranean Games.
Silvia Weissteiner is 1,63 m tall and weighs 46 kg. She lives in the district of the municipality of Racines Gasteig is employed by the forest guard and is trained by Ruggero Grassi.