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{{short description|Italian middle-distance runner}}
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| nationality = [[Italia]]n
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event = [[Middle distance running]]
| club = Fiamma Belluno
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1953|1|17}}
| birth_place = [[Lentiai]], [[Italy]]
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| weight = {{convert|53|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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*800 m: 2:00.36 (1980)
*1500 m: 4:05.14 (1984)
*3000 m: 8:37.96 (1983)
| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]]
| medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1985 IAAF World Indoor Games|1985 Paris]]|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1981 Grenoble]]|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1982 Milan]]|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1985 Athens]]|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1983 Budapest]]|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|{{nowrap|[[1983 Mediterranean Games|1983 Casablanca]]}}|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1983 Mediterranean Games|1983 Casablanca]]|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1979 Mediterranean Games|1979 Split]]|800 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1979 Mediterranean Games|1987 Latakia]]|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1982 Rome]]|Team cross country}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1981 Madrid]]|{{nowrap|Team cross country}}}}
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'''Agnese Possamai''' (born 17 January 1953 in [[Lentiai]]) is a retired [[middle-distance runner]] from [[Italy]]. Her greatest achievements were the 1985 World Indoor silver medal as well as three European Indoor gold medals.

==Biography==
She won eleven medals at senior level (9 individual, 2 team) at the [[International athletics championships and games|international athletics competitions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE-D-1908-2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref> Her personal best times are 4:08.84 (1500 metres) and 8:37.96 (3000 metres). She has 60 caps in [[Italy national athletics team|national team]] from 1977 to 1988.<ref>{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=[[Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera|FIDAL]]}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|1979
|[[Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] 
|[[Split, Croatia|Split]], Yugoslavia
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|800 m
|2:03.73
|<ref name=MEDI>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm|title=MEDITERRANEAN GAMES|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref>
|-
|1981
|[[1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Grenoble]], France
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|1500 m
|4:07.49
|
|-
|1982
|[[1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Milan]], Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|8:53.77
|{{AthAbbr|CR}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1983
|[[1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships|3000 m]]
|9:04.41
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1983 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Casablanca]], Morocco
|bgcolor=gold| 1st
|1500 m
|4:13.58
|<ref name=MEDI/>
|-
|bgcolor=gold| 1st
|3000 m
|9:15.64
|<ref name=MEDI/>
|-
|1984
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Los Angeles]], United States
|10th
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|9:10.82
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1985
|[[1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|8:55.25
|
|-
|[[1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Paris]] France
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|3000 m
|9:09.66
|
|-
|1987
|[[Athletics at the 1987 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] 
|[[Latakia]], Syria
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|1500 m
|4:13.98
|<ref name=MEDI/>
|}

==National titles==
Agnese Possamai has won '''24''' times the individual [[Italian Athletics Championships|national championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ita.htm|title=ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref>

*[[Italian Athletics Championships]]
**[[800 metres]]: 1978, 1979 (2)
**[[3000 metres]]: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987 (5)
**[[1500 metres]] indoor: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986 (5)
**3000 metres indoor: 1982, 1983, 1984 (3)
**[[cross country running]]: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 (7)
*[[Italian Mountain Running Championships]]
**[[Mountain running]]: 1980, 1981 (2)

==See also==
* [[Italy national athletics team#Multiple medalists|Italy national athletics team - Multiple medalists]]
* [[Italian Athletics Championships#Multi winners|Italian Athletics Championships - Women multi winners]]
* [[Italy national athletics team#Women|Italy national athletics team - Women's more caps]]
* [[Athletics in Italy#800 metres|Italian all-time top lists - 800 m]]
* [[Athletics in Italy#1500 metres|Italian all-time top lists - 1500 m]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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