Amelia Piccinini

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]

Amelia Piccinini

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	January 17, 1917 Turin, Italy
Died	3 April 1979 (aged 62) Turin, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put
Club	Venchi Unica Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Shot put 13.39 m (1949)
Medal record Olympic Games 1948 London Shot put European Championships 1946 Oslo Shot put

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.

External links

• Amelia Piccinini at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Amelia Piccinini at the International Olympic Committee
• Amelia Piccinini at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian) (in English)