Letizia Bertoni Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Hurdles Sprint
Club:	SC Italia Milano Milano SC Imec Bergamo
Birth Date:	1937 3, df=y
Birth Place:	Milan, Italy
Weight:	600NaN0
Pb:	100 m: 11.9 (1960) 200 m: 24.6 (1961) 80 m hs: 11.0 (1963)
Country:	Italy

Letizia Bertoni (born 5 March 1937 in Milan) is a former Italian hurdler.

She was twice in 5th place on 4x100 metres relay at the Olympic Games (1956 and 1960).

Biography

Letizia Bertoni participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1956 and 1960), she has 33 caps in national team from 1953 to 1965.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
1954	European Championships		3rd	4 × 100 m relay	46.6	^[2]
1956	Olympic Games		5th	4 × 100 m relay	45.7
1960	Olympic Games		5th	4 × 100 m relay	45.80

National titles

Letizia Bertoni has won eight times the individual national championship.^[3]

• 7 wins on 80 metres hurdles (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
• 1 win on 200 metres (1962)

See also

• Italy national relay team

Notes and References

1. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
2. Web site: PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE. sportolimpico.it. 27 October 2012.
3. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 28 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf . 24 December 2012 .