Milena Greppi Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Hurdles Sprint
Club:	SC Bergamo
Birth Date:	1929 7, df=y
Birth Place:	Milan, Italy
Death Date:	13 December 2016 (aged 87)
Pb:	100 m: 12.1 (1953) 80 m hs: 11.2 (1957)
Country:	Italy

Milena Greppi (8 July 1929 – 13 December 2016) was an Italian hurdler.^[1]

Biography

Milena Greppi was born in Milan into an aristocratic family. Her father was Antonio Greppi (1901–1991), 8th Count of Bussero and Corneliano and her mother was Aurora Mattei.^[2] She participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956), and had 23 caps in national team from 1951 to 1958.^[3]

Achievements

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

National titles

Milena Greppi won five times the individual national championship.^[5]

• 7 wins on 80 metres hurdles (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)

See also

• Italy national relay team

Notes and References

1. Web site: MILENA GREPPI . Corriere della Sera . 7 January 2021.
2. Book: Famiglie Nobili di Lombardia, ed. Associazione Archivistica Genealogica fra i Nobili Milanesi e residenti in Lombardia, fasc. VII.
3. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
4. Web site: PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE. sportolimpico.it. 27 October 2012.
5. 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 .