Silvana Pierucci Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Long jump
Birth Date:	21 September 1929
Birth Place:	Genoa
Height:	1.80 m
Pb:	Long jump: 5.66 m (1949)
Country:	Italy

Silvana Pierucci married Perasso^[1] (21 September 1929  - 15 February 2017) was an Italian long jumper who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^{[2] [3]} After her track and field career she became a basketball player and participated, with the national team, at the EuroBasket Women 1950.^[4]

National titles

She won 7 national championships at senior level.^[5]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Long jump

1948, 1949, 1950, 1951

• • Pentathlon

1949, 1950 1951

See also

• Italian record progression women's long jump

External links

• • Silvana Pierucci at FIP

Notes and References

1. Web site: Il canestro sotto la Lanterna. mentelocale.it. personaggi incredibili come le cestiste genovesi: Annita Falcidieno e Silvana Pierucci Perasso; entrambe sono state anche campionesse in altre discipline atletiche.. it. 2 September 2017.
2. News: Pierucci Silvana. Il Secolo XIX. it. 17 February 2017. 17 June 2020.
3. Web site: Italy Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417051514/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1948/ATH/. dead. 17 April 2020. sports-reference.com. 2 September 2017.
4. Web site: Budapest in Hungary - Italy 11 - Silvana Pierucci. fiba.com. 2 September 2017.
5. Web site: CAMPIONATI “ASSOLUTI” – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016. sportolimpico.it . 2 September 2017.