Amelia Piccinini Explained

National Team:Italy

28 (1937-1954)

Sport:Athletics
Event:Shot put
Club:Venchi Unica Torino
Birth Date:1917 1, df=y
Birth Place:Alessandria, Italy[1]
Death Place:Turin, Italy[2]
Pb:13.39 m (1949)

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 EventMeasureNotes
1938European Championships ViennaShot put9th11.30 m
1946European Championships OsloShot put3rd12.21 m
Long jump4th5.28 m
1948Olympic Games LondraShot putbgcolor=silver2nd13.095 m
1950European Championships BrusselsShot put7th12.40 m

National titles

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: INTITOLAZIONE DI UN PIAZZALE AD AMELIA PICCININI. altervista.org. it. 19 January 2015. 28 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Annuario FIDAL 2010. altervista.org. it. 28 August 2022.
  3. Web site: Amelia Piccinini . Olympedia . 20 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Amelia Piccinini, da calciatrice a campione d'Italia di pentathlon. calciodonna.it. it. 28 August 1937. 28 August 2022.
  5. Web site: PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE. sportolimpico.it. 1 December 2012.
  6. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 21 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf . 24 December 2012 .