Testoni–Valla rivalry explained

Testoni–Valla rivalry was an individual sport rivalry engaged in for about eleven years (from 1929 to 1940) between two Italian women's athletes, Claudia Testoni and Ondina Valla, both born in Bologna.^[1]

International medals

Athlete	Medal	Competition	Venue	Event
	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold			80 metres hurdles
	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold			80 metres hurdles

World records

Testoni has set three world records, Valla one.

Athlete	Event	Time	Venue	Date	Note
	Standing high jump	1.29 m		29 June 1932	^[2]
80 metres hurdles	11.3		27 July 1939
80 metres hurdles	11.3		13 August 1939
	80 metres hurdles	11.6		5 August 1936

Valla-Testoni (60-34)

Direct clashes between the two athletes, between 1929 and 1940, were a total of 99, with 60 victories Valla, 34 of Testoni and 5 draws.^[3] Testoni won 17 of the last 19 clash, but not the most important at 1936 Summer Olympics.

1929-1932 (33)

Year	Day	Venue	Event	Valla	Testoni
1929	12 May	Bologna	High jump	bgcolor=palegreen	1.35 m	1.25 m
			Long jump	bgcolor=palegreen	4.72 m	4.09 m
	16 May	Bologna	50 metres	bgcolor=palegreen	7 2/5 (1st)	7 2/5 (2nd)
	26 May	Bologna	Tetrathlon	bgcolor=palegreen	270 pt	234.8 pt
1930	25 May	Bologna	40 metres	bgcolor=palegreen	2nd	4th
1931	3 May	Bologna	80 metres hs	bgcolor=palegreen	13 1/5 (1st)	13 1/5 (3rd)
			High jump	bgcolor=palegreen	1.45 m	1.35 m
			Long jump	4.45 m	bgcolor=palegreen	4.495 m
	17 May	Turin	High jump	bgcolor=palegreen	1.35 m	1.35 m
			Long jump	3.98 m	bgcolor=palegreen	4.46 m
	18 June	Bologna	60 metres	2nd	bgcolor=palegreen	1st
			50 metres hs	bgcolor=palegreen	8 1/5 (1st)	8 1/5 (3rd)
			High jump	bgcolor=palegreen	1.48 m	1.32 m
			Long jump	4.29 m	bgcolor=palegreen	4.72 m
			Shot put	bgcolor=palegreen	7.50 m (1st)	7.50 m (2nd)
	12 July	Genoa	80 metres hs	bgcolor=palegreen	13 2/5 (1st)	13 2/5 (3rd)
			High jump	bgcolor=palegreen	1.40 m	1.35 m
			Long jump	4.39 m	bgcolor=palegreen	4.65 m
			Shot put	bgcolor=palegreen	7.65 m	7.30 m
	26 July	Bologna	Triathlon	bgcolor=palegreen	124 pt	114 pt
	8 August	Krolewska Huta	80 metres hs	bgcolor=palegreen	13.0	13.3
	9 August		High jump	bgcolor=palegreen	1.37 m	1.32 m
	27 September	Bologna	Standing high jump	bgcolor=palegreen	1.37 m	1.32 m
	11 October	Bologna	80 metres hs	12 4/5	12 4/5
			Standing long jump	bgcolor=palegreen	2.29 m	2.24 m
			Shot put two arms	bgcolor=palegreen	14.96 m	13.92 m
1932	26 May	Bologna	High jump	1.435 m	1.435 m
			Long jump	4.50 m	bgcolor=palegreen	4.72 m
	29 May	Bologna	80 metres hs	bgcolor=palegreen	12 3/5	13.0
			Standing high jump	1.17 m	bgcolor=palegreen	1.29 m
	18 September	Turin	80 metres hs	bgcolor=palegreen	12.9	13 1/5
			High jump	1.33 m	bgcolor=palegreen	1.40 m
	23 October	Venice	High jump	bgcolor=palegreen	1.35 m	1.30 m

1936-1940 (19)

Year	Day	Venue	Event	Valla	Testoni
1936	15 March	Turin	High jump	1.45 m	bgcolor=palegreen	1.50 m
	13 April	Genoa	80 metres	10.1 (2nd)	bgcolor=palegreen	10.1 (1st)
	26 April	Florence	80 metres hs	12.2	bgcolor=palegreen	11.8
	7 June	Piacenza	80 metres hs	12.1	bgcolor=palegreen	12.0
			Long jump	4.97 m	bgcolor=palegreen	5.32 m
	5 July	Milan	80 metres hs	11.9 (2nd)	bgcolor=palegreen	11.9 (1st)
	6 August	Berlin	80 metres hs	bgcolor=palegreen	11.7 (1st)	11.7 (4th)
	11 October	Paris	Long jump	5.145 m	bgcolor=palegreen	5.40 m
1937	6 June	Novara	80 metrtes	10.3	bgcolor=palegreen	10.2
	17 July	Florence	High jump	bgcolor=palegreen	1.50 m (1st)	1.50 m (2nd)
1938	3 July	Milan	80 metrtes hs	12.2	bgcolor=palegreen	11.8
1939	25 June	Milan	80 metrtes hs	12.4	bgcolor=palegreen	11.6
	30 July	Milan	80 metrtes hs	11.8	bgcolor=palegreen	11.5
	13 August	Dresden	80 metrtes hs	11.7	bgcolor=palegreen	11.3
	17 September	Turin	80 metrtes hs	12.2	bgcolor=palegreen	11.8
1940	21 April	Genoa	80 metrtes hs	12.1	bgcolor=palegreen	12.0
	9 May	Turin	80 metrtes hs	11.8 (2nd)	bgcolor=palegreen	11.8 (1st)
	21 July	Florence	80 metrtes hs	11.6 (2nd)	bgcolor=palegreen	11.6 (1st)
	28 July	Parma	80 metrtes hs	11.6	bgcolor=palegreen	11.4

See also

• Claudia Testoni
• Ondina Valla
• Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles
• Women's 80 metres hurdles world record progression
• Italian record progression women's long jump
• List of sports rivalries

External links

• Ondina e Claudia corsero col vento. E Bologna conquistò Olimpia
• Statistics of Claudia Testoni career at Trackfield.brinkster.net
• Statistics of Ondina Valla career at Trackfield.brinkster.net

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ondina e Claudia corsero col vento. E Bologna conquistò Olimpia. lastefani.it. italian. 24 October 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130218124122/http://www.lastefani.it/archivi/726-francesca-bussi.html. 18 February 2013.
2. Web site: RECORD STORICI - I primati Mondiali, Europei, Olimpici stabiliti dagli atleti italiani. sportolimpico.it. italian. 26 October 2012.
3. Web site: Grandi duelli del passato - Claudia Testoni vs Ondina Valla. asaibrunobonomelli.it. italian. 24 October 2012.