Silvana Cruciata, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Italian runner and former world record holder
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Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy
About Silvana Cruciata
- Silvana Cruciata (born 15 February 1953 in Naples) is a former Italian middle- and long-distance runner.
- She represented Italy at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and shared medals with the Italian women's teams at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
- Her best of 18.084 km for the one hour run set in 1981 was a world record for over seventeen years and remains the European record for the event. Among her other achievements were wins at the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon and Stramilano road races and a bronze medal over 3000 metres at the 1981 IAAF World Cup.
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