Gilda Jannaccone Explained

National Team:	Italy 19 (1957-1965)^[1]
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Middle distance running
Club:	Libertas Ridolfi
Birth Date:	1940 3, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Naples, Italy
Height:	1.64 m
Weight:	54 kg
Pb:	800 m: 2:08.9 (1964)

Gilda Jannaccone (born 12 March 1940 in Naples) is an Italian former middle distance runner.^[1]

Career

Jannaccone participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics. She has 19 caps from the national team from 1957 to 1965.^{[2] [3]}

National records

• 400 m: 60.9 ( Naples, 18 May 1957) - holder until 23 June 1957^[1]
• 800 m: 2:08.9 (Zagreb, 30 September 1964) - holder until 16 June 1966^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Time	Note
1960	Olympic Games			800 m	2:13.72
1962	European Championships			800 m	2:13.6

National titles

Gilda Jannaccone won the individual national championship 12 times.^[4]

• 6 wins on 800 metres (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)
• 6 wins on cross country running (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)

See also

• Italian Athletics Champions in women's 800 m

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annuario FIDAL 2010. altervista.org. it. 29 August 2022.
2. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
3. Web site: Gli incontri della Nazionale italiana femminile: 1951-1960. asaibrunobonomelli.it. it. 29 August 2022.
4. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 3 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf . 24 December 2012 .