Amelia Piccinini

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)
Born	20 January 1917; Alessandria, Italy
Died	3 April 1979 (aged 62); Turin, Italy
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	Venchi Unica Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best	13.39 m (1949)
Medal record
Olympic Games
European Championships

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

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.

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Measure
1938	European Championships	Vienna	Shot put	9th	11.30 m
1946	European Championships	Oslo	Shot put	3rd	12.21 m
1946	European Championships	Oslo	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

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)

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^ "Amelia Piccinini, da calciatrice a campione d'Italia di pentathlon" (PDF). calciodonna.it (in Italian). 28 August 1937. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.