Elivia Ricci
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||
| Born | 14 December 1936 Milan, Italy | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | Discus throw Shot put | |||||||||||
| Club | Imec Bergamo | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best | Discus: 52.99 m (1965) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Elivia Ricci (later Ballotta, born 14 December 1936) is a retired Italian discus thrower who won a silver medal at the 1959 Summer Universiade. She competed at the 1960 Olympics and finished in 15th place.
Biography
[edit]Ricci won 14 national championships at senior level,[1]
At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Ricci represented Italy in the discus throw competition.[2]
Ricci married former Italian pole vaulter Edmondo Ballotta and competed under her married name thereafter.[3]
Ballotta won the British WAAA Championships title in the discus throw event at the 1965 WAAA Championships.[4][5][6]
National titles
[edit]- shot put: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 (5)
- discus throw: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 (9)
References
[edit]- ^ "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Gli anni ticinesi di Adolfo Consolini, troppo vecchio per lo sport italiano, emigrante in Svizzera". asaibrunobonomelli.it. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
La lanciatrice bergamasca, moglie del piacentino Edmondo Ballotta, ottimo saltatore con l'asta (4.35) qualche anno prima
- ^ "Results". Sunday Express. 4 July 1965. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
External links
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Categories:
- 1936 births
- Living people
- Italian female discus throwers
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Italian sportswomen