Amelia Piccinini

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Amelia Piccinini
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born(1917-01-17)17 January 1917
Turin, Italy
Died3 April 1979(1979-04-03) (aged 62)
Turin, Italy
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
ClubVenchi Unica Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Shot put 13.39 m (1949)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Shot put
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1946 Oslo Shot put

Amelia Piccinini (17 January 1917 in Torino – 3 April 1979) was an Italian athlete. She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1]

Biography[]

She competed for Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom where she won the silver medal in the Women's Shot Put event.

In 1946 at the European Championships she won the bronze medal in the shot put and finished four in the long jump.

National titles[]

Amelia Piccinini has won 20 times consecutively the individual national championship.[2]

  • 4 wins in the long jump (1939, 1940, 1943, 1946)
  • 12 wins in the shot put (1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954)
  • 4 wins in the pentathlon (1937, 1946, 1947, 1948)

See also[]

  • Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners

References[]

  1. ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

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