Piera Fassio Explained

National Team:	Italy 19 (1952-1959)^[1]
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Long jump
Club:	Fiat Torino^[2]
Birth Date:	df=yes 29 June 1935
Birth Place:	Turin, Italy
Pb:	5.74 m (1955)

Piera Fassio (born 29 June 1935) is a former Italian long jumper.^[1]

Career

Five-time national champion at senior level, four-time in row in long jump and one in women's pentathlon, from 1952 to 1958, she boasts also 19 caps un the Italy national athletics team from 1952 to 1959.^[3]

National records

• Long jump: 5.74 m ( Turin, 12 June 1955) until 10 June 1956^[4]

National titles

Fassio won five national championships at individual senior level.^[5]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Long jump: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 (4)
  • Pentathlon: 1952 (1)

See also

• Women's long jump Italian record progression

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annuario FIDAL 2010. 190. altervista.org. it. 7 September 2022.
2. Web site: Annuario FIDAL 2010. 593. altervista.org. it. 7 September 2022.
3. Web site: Gli incontri della Nazionale italiana femminile: 1951-1960. asaibrunobonomelli.it. it. 7 September 2022.
4. Web site: Annuario FIDAL 2010. 657. altervista.org. it. 7 September 2022.
5. Web site: CAMPIONATI “ASSOLUTI” – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020. sportolimpico.it. italian. 1 January 2022. 7 September 2022.