Piera Fassio

Piera Fassio

Fassio in 1950s.
Personal information
National team	Italy: 19 (1952-1959)[1]
Born	29 June 1935 (1935-06-29) (age 89)[1] Turin, Italy[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump
Club	Fiat Torino[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best	5.74 m (1955)[2]

Piera Fassio (born 29 June 1935) is a former Italian long jumper.[1]

Career

Five-time national champion at senior level, four-time in row in long jump and one in women's pentathlon, from 1952 to 1958, she boasts also 19 caps un the Italy national athletics team from 1952 to 1959.[3]

National records

• Long jump: 5.74 m ( Turin, 12 June 1955) until 10 June 1956[4]

National titles

Fassio won five national championships at individual senior level.[5]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Long jump: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 (4)
  • Pentathlon: 1952 (1)

See also

• Women's long jump Italian record progression

References

1. "Annuario FIDAL 2010" (PDF). altervista.org (in Italian). p. 190. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
2. "Annuario FIDAL 2010" (PDF). altervista.org (in Italian). p. 593. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
3. "Gli incontri della Nazionale italiana femminile: 1951-1960" (PDF). asaibrunobonomelli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. "Annuario FIDAL 2010" (PDF). altervista.org (in Italian). p. 657. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.