Nationality Italian Name Amelia Piccinini Country Italy Role Olympic athlete | Sport Athletics Events Shot put Club Venchi Unica Torino | |
Born January 17, 1917 ( 1917-01-17 ) Turin, Italy Personal best(s) Shot put 13.39 m (1949) Died April 3, 1979, Turin, Italy Silver medals Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put | ||
Amelia Piccinini (Torino, 17 January 1917 - 3 April 1979) was an Italian athlete. She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
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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 championships
Amelia Piccinini has won 20 times consecutively the individual national championship.
References
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