Maria Musso Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint Pentathlon
Club:	Atalanta Torino
Birth Date:	1931 9, df=y
Birth Place:	Turin, Italy
Death Place:	Turin, Italy
Pb:	100 m: 12.1 (1955) 80 m hs: 11.5 (1957) Pentathlon: 4003 pt (1954)
Country:	Italy

Maria Musso (14 September 1931 – 31 January 2024) was an Italian sprinter and pentathlete.^[1]

Biography

Musso was born in Turin on 14 September 1931. She participated twice in the Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956) and had 29 caps with the national team from 1949 to 1960.^[2] Musso died on 31 January 2024, at the age of 92.^[3]

Achievements

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

National titles

Musso won the individual national championship six times.^[5]

• 2 wins in 80 metres hurdles (1950, 1957)
• 1 win in Long jump (1954)
• 3 wins in Pentathlon (1953, 1957, 1959)

See also

• Italy national relay team - All the medals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maria Musso . Olympedia . 12 March 2022.
2. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
3. Web site: IL LUTTODa corso Grosseto all'Olimpiade del '52, addio a Maria Musso . Torino Cronaca . 31 January 2024 . 5 February 2024.
4. Web site: PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE. sportolimpico.it. 1 December 2012.
5. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 23 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf . 24 December 2012 .