Elisa Palmero
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| Born | 10 July 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 10000m: 31:18.03 (Birmingham, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Elisa Palmero (born 10 July 1999) is an Italian long distance runner. She won gold medals as a member of the Italian women’s team at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships and the 2025 European Running Championships.[1]
Early life
From Turin, she had a sporting background. Her father was a ski instructor, and she trained in gymnastic and classical dance before focusing on athletics.[2] She competed as a teenager in the 1500 metres at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere.[3] That year, she was runner-up in both the 800 metres and 1500 metres at the Italian youth indoor athletics championships in Ancona.[4]
Career
2023
In January 2023, she won The Corrida di San Geminiano road race in her debut in the event.[5] In February 2023, she was runner-up at the Italian indoor championships over 3000 metres in Ancona.[6] The following month, she finished runner-up at the again Cross Country Championships.[7] In June 2023, she competed in the 2023 European 10,000m Cup in France.[8]
In November 2023, she won La Corsa dei Santi road race in the centre of Rome.[9] That year, she competed at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels.[10]
2024
In June 2024, she finished sixth at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, in the Women's 10,000 metres.[11] At the Championships, she also finished fifteenth in the Women's half marathon.[12] She finished fifth with the Italian team at the 2024 European Half Marathon Cup.[13]
In December 2024, she won a gold medal as part of the Italian team at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships.[14]
2025
She won a gold medal in the women’s team race in the 10km race at the 2025 European Running Championships in Belgium.[15] She won over 10,000m in Birmingham in June 2025, running a time of 31:18.03.[16]
References
- ^ "Elisa Palmero". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Elisa Palermo". Fidal.it. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Tampere. Palmero pb in the 1500". Fidal. July 13, 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Double silver for the young Elisa Palmero". Vitadiocesanapinerolese. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Palmero wins the Corrida di San Geminiano". Fidal. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Italian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Gubbio. Elisa Palmero d'argento agli Italiani di Cross". Vitadiocesanapinerolese. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "10,000m European Cup: Italy in the spotlight on Yeman Crippa, Pietro Riva absent". oasport. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Federico Riva and Elisa Palmero win the 15th edition of "La Corsa dei Santi"". abitarearoma. November 1, 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Atletica. La perosina Elisa Palmero convocata per i Campionati Europei di Cross". Vitadiocesanapinerolese. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics: Gold for Tamberi and Battocletti. In the 400 hurdles Sibilio silver with the Italian record". Gazzeta.it. June 11, 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Grøvdal dominates the European half marathon after the silver in the 5000. Palmero 15th". oasport. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Half Marathon: When I Wake Up, It's Still Italy!". Correre.it. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Battocletti caps historic year with gold at Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Europei di corsa su strada. Elisa Palmero oro a squadre". vitadiocesanapinerolese.it (in Italian). 15 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ Collett, Jasmine (14 June 2025). "EMILE CAIRESS AND MEGAN KEITH CLAIM BRITISH 10,000M TITLES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 15 June 2025.