Amelia Piccinini

Amelia Piccinini (20 January 1917 – 3 April 1979) was an Italian athlete^[3] and before footballer.^[4]

Amelia Piccinini

Piccinini (#86 on the left), 2nd on the podium for shot put at the 1938 Italian Athletics Championships
Personal information
National team	Italy: 28 (1937-1954)[1]
Born	(1917-01-20)20 January 1917 Alessandria, Italy[2]
Died	3 April 1979(1979-04-03) (aged 62) Turin, Italy[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	Venchi Unica Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best	13.39 m (1949)
Medal record Olympic Games 1948 London Shot put European Championships 1946 Oslo Shot put

She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[5]

Career

She competed for Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, England, 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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Measure	Notes
1938	European Championships	Vienna	Shot put	9th	11.30 m
1946	European Championships	Oslo	Shot put	3rd	12.21 m
			Long jump	4th	5.28 m
1948	Olympic Games	Londra	Shot put	2nd	13.095 m
1950	European Championships	Brussels	Shot put	7th	12.40 m

National titles

Amelia Piccinini has won 20 times consecutively the individual national championship.^[6]

• 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. "Annuario FIDAL 2010" (PDF). altervista.org (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
2. "INTITOLAZIONE DI UN PIAZZALE AD AMELIA PICCININI". altervista.org (in Italian). 19 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
3. "Amelia Piccinini". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
4. "Amelia Piccinini, da calciatrice a campione d'Italia di pentathlon" (PDF). calciodonna.it (in Italian). 28 August 1937. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
5. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
6. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

External links

• Amelia Piccinini at Olympics.com
• Amelia Piccinini at Olympedia
• Amelia Piccinini at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)