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Rosetta Cattaneo

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Nationality
  
Italian

Country
  
Italy

Name
  
Rosetta Cattaneo


Sport
  
Athletics

Died
  
1988

Club
  
La Filotecnica Milano

Events
  
Sprint

Born
  
January 14, 1919 (
1919-01-14
)
Greco, Italy

Personal best(s)
  
200 m 25.3 (1940)

Rosetta Cattaneo (14 January 1919 – 1988) was an Italian sprinter. She was the italian record holder for women in the 200 metres with the time of 25.3 established in 1940.

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Biography

She won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay, the first medal ever for Italian women in a relay race, at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Vienna, with co-runners Maria Apollonio, Maria Alfero and Italia Lucchini She has 8 caps in national team from 1937 to 1942.

National championships

Rosetta Cattaneo has won the individual national championship four times.

  • 4 wins in the 200 metres (1939, 1940, 1942, 1943)
  • References

    Rosetta Cattaneo Wikipedia