Amelia Piccinini

Amelia Piccinini
Piccinini (#86 on the left), 2nd on the podium for shot put at the 1938 Italian Athletics Championships
Personal information
National teamItaly: 28 (1937-1954)[1]
Born(1917-01-20)20 January 1917
Alessandria, Italy[2]
Died3 April 1979(1979-04-03) (aged 62)
Turin, Italy[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventShot put
ClubVenchi Unica Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best13.39 m (1949)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Shot put
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1946 Oslo Shot put

Amelia Piccinini (20 January 1917 – 3 April 1979) was an Italian athlete[3] and before footballer.[4]

She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[5]

Career

She competed for Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, England, 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.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event Measure Notes
1938 European Championships Austria Vienna Shot put 9th 11.30 m
1946 European Championships Norway Oslo Shot put 3rd 12.21 m
Long jump 4th 5.28 m
1948 Olympic Games United Kingdom Londra Shot put 2nd 13.095 m
1950 European Championships Belgium Brussels Shot put 7th 12.40 m

National titles

Amelia Piccinini has won 20 times consecutively the individual national championship.[6]

  • 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

  1. ^ a b "Annuario FIDAL 2010" (PDF). altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ "INTITOLAZIONE DI UN PIAZZALE AD AMELIA PICCININI". altervista.org (in Italian). 19 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Amelia Piccinini". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Amelia Piccinini, da calciatrice a campione d'Italia di pentathlon" (PDF). calciodonna.it (in Italian). 28 August 1937. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  6. ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.