Micol Majori

Micol Majori
Personal information
Born (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Long-distance running

Micol Majori (born 4 June 1998) is an Italian long-distance runner. She was the Italian champion in the 5000 metres in 2022 and has won national titles in short course cross country running.[1]

Biography

From Milan,[2] Majori is a member of the athletics club Pro Sesto Atletica Cernusco.[3]

Majori competed for Italy at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, Ireland as part of the mixed relay team which placed eighth overall.[4] She won the 2022 Italian Athletics Championships in the 5000 metres in June 2022. Her time of 16:00.08 improved by almost eight seconds her own personal best.[5]

Majori placed third in the short course race at the 2023 Italian Cross Country Championships.[3] She also placed third over 3000 metres at the 2023 Italian Indoor Championships in 9:19.09.[6] Competing at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, she finished the 3000 metres in a 9:16.40.[7]

Majori ran a 1500 meters indoor personal best in Ancona, with a time of 4:14.43, on New Year's Day in January 2024.[8] She won the Italian short course cross country championships in Lazio in March 2024.[3] In June 2024, Majori raced for Italy at the home 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 5000 meters.[9]

In March 2025, she retained her title at the 2025 Italian Short Course Championships in Cassino.[10] Majori represented Italy at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, running 9:13.01 for the 3000 metres.[11] In August, she was runner-up to Nadia Battocletti over 5000m at the Italian Championships.[12] She subsequently competed in Tokyo, Japan, running 15:14.66 for the 5000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in September 2025.[13][2]

Majori was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Micol Majori". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Milanese Athletics at the Tokyo World Championships". Fidal. September 2, 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "Pro Sesto closes out the cross-country season with a bang: Micol Majori is the Italian champion". primalamartesana.it. 11 Mar 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  4. ^ "27th SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Absolute, Day 2: Urlo Majori, 4x100 Gold". Fidal. June 25, 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Stronati da record nell'alto junior indoor". Fidal. 20 Feb 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  7. ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Micol Majori starts the year by breaking the Pro Sesto athletics Cernusco club record". 23 January 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  9. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Alfieri and Majori win gold at the Italian Cross Country Championships". Fidal. March 16, 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  11. ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  12. ^ "Italian Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  13. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Mondiali indoor: gli azzurri per Torun". Fidal.it. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.