Rosetta Cattaneo Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint
Club:	La Filotecnica Milano
Birth Date:	1919 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Greco, Italy
Death Date:	1988 (aged 69)
Pb:	200 m 25.3 (1940)
Country:	Italy

Rosetta Cattaneo (14 January 1919  - 1988) was an Italian sprinter. She was the italian record holder for women in the 200 metres with the time of 25.3 established in 1940.

Biography

She won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay, the first medal ever for Italian women in a relay race, at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Vienna, with co-runners Maria Apollonio, Maria Alfero and Italia Lucchini^[1] She has 8 caps in national team from 1937 to 1942.^[2]

National titles

Rosetta Cattaneo has won the individual national championship four times.^[4]

• 4 wins in the 200 metres (1939, 1940, 1942, 1943)

See also

• Italy national relay team

External links

• • Dizionario biografico delle donne lombarde: 568-1968 - Rosetta Cattaneo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staffetta 4x100 Metri Donne. albi-giochi.com. italian. 13 December 2012.
2. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. 2009. FIDAL.
3. Web site: 2nd European Athletics Championships, 1938. athleticsdb.com. 12 December 2012.
4. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012. sportolimpico.it. 12 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf. 24 December 2012.