Loredana Simonetti Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Club:	Edera Trieste
Birth Date:	29 August 1930
Birth Place:	Trieste, Italy
Country:	Italy
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Middle-distance running
Pb:	800 m: 2:16.5 (1954)

Loredana Simonetti (born 28 August 1930) was an Italian female middle-distance runner, who won nine national championships at individual senior level from 1949 to 1954 in two different specialities.^[1]

Biography

Loredana Simonetti was several times national champion in the 800 m and in the cross-country running, participating in the European Championships in Bern in 1954.^[2]

National records

• 800 metres: 2:16.5, Bern, 25 August 1954. Record held until 6 June 1958 (broken by Gilda Jannaccone)^[3]

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 800 metres: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (6)
• Italian Cross Country Championships
  • Cross-country running: 1950, 1951, 1954 (3)

Notes and References

1. Web site: TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE 1923 - 2018. sportolimpico.it. italian. 26 September 2018.
2. Web site: Tiro a Segno Nazionale Sezione di Ora (Bolzano) - Anno di fondazione 1741. ondoc.logand.com. italian. 26 September 2018.
3. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL. 575.