Amelia Piccinini
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||
| Born |
January 17, 1917 Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||
| Died |
3 April 1979 (aged 62) Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||
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 Italy | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put | ||||||||||||
| Club | Venchi Unica Torino | ||||||||||||
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Amelia Piccinini (Torino, 17 January 1917 - 3 April 1979) was an Italian athlete. She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1]
Biography
She competed for Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom where she won the silver medal in the Women's Shot Put event.
In 1946 at the European Championships she won the bronze medal in the shot put and finished four in the long jump.
National championships
Amelia Piccinini has won 20 times consecutively the individual national championship.[2]
- 4 wins in the long jump (1939, 1940, 1943, 1946)
- 12 wins in the shot put (1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954)
- 4 wins in the pentathlon (1937, 1946, 1947, 1948)
See also
References
- ↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 21 February 2013.