Ada Turci Explained

Nationality:Italian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Javelin throw
Birth Date:17 January 1924
Birth Place:Quistello
Death Place:Quistello
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  • Javelin throw 43.51 m (1955)
Country: Italy

Ada Turci (17 January 1924 – 3 February 2012)[1] was an Italian javelin thrower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics,[2]

Biography

Ada Turci did not abandon the competitive sports and continued to compete in masters athletics. She won three more medals at the second edition of the European Veterans Athletics Championships, which were curiously held in Helsinki in 1980, in the city where 28 years before she had participated in the Olympic Games.[3]

Achievements

Senior
Masters
Year Competition Venue Event Position MeasureNotes
1980European Veterans Championships HelsinkiShot put W55bgcolor=gold1st10.13 m
Discus throw W553rd21.34 m
Javelin throw W55bgcolor=gold1st28.48 m

National titles

She won 13 (10 consecutive years from 1946 to 1955) national championships at senior level.[4]

1943, (1945),[5] 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Addio ad Ada Turci, regina del giavellotto. gazzettadimantova.gelocal.it. it. 8 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Italy Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1952/ATH/. dead. 17 April 2020. sports-reference.com. 8 September 2017.
  3. Web site: WORLD Association of Athletes. MastersHistory.org. 8 September 2017.
  4. Web site: CAMPIONATI “ASSOLUTI” – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016. sportolimpico.it . 8 September 2017.
  5. FIDAL did not want to enter the names of the winners in the official history of Italian champions.