Elisa Cusma


Elisa Cusma is a former Italian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.

Biography

She finished seventh at the 2007 IAAF [World Athletics Final|2007 World Athletics Final], sixth at the 2008 [IAAF World Indoor Championships - Women's 800 metres|2008 World Indoor Championships], sixth at the 2008 World Athletics Final and won the bronze medal at the 2009 [European Indoor Championships in Athletics|2009 European Indoor Championships].
She also competed at the 2005 [World Championships in Athletics|2005 World Championships], the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2006 [European Championships in Athletics|2006 European Championships], the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the Athletics at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|2008 Olympic Games] without reaching the final round.
She finished seventh at the inaugural European Team Championships in 2009, finishing with 2:00.93. She set a personal best time of 1:58.63 at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. She also has a personal best time of 4:09.34 in the 1500 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Milan. At 2009 [IAAF World Championships in Athletics|2009 World Championships], she finished sixth in the final with 1:58.81.

National titles

Elisa Cusma has won the individual national championship 18 times.