Alessia Zarbo

Alessia Zarbo (born 11 September 2001) is a French long distance and cross country runner. In 2020, she became French national champion over 10,000 metres.

Career

Zarbo was a gold medallist in the 3,000 metres at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr, Hungary. She was a bronze medallist in the same distance at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in the same city with a personal best 9:25.25. She finished eighth in the 3000 metres at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.

Zarbo became French national champion in the 5000 metres at the 2020 French Athletics Championships in Albi. She ran a personal best time for the 10,000 metres in May 2022 in Eugene, Oregon, United States, running a time of 32:28.57. She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in the 10,000 metres in August 2022.

In April 2024, she qualified for the 10,000m event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, by finishing in 6th place in the world cross-country rankings.

Personal life

From Antibes, she trains in Nice, France. Her brother Raffael Zarbo is a cyclist. She attended the University of Oregon.

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