Magalì Vettorazzo
Appearance
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Full name | Maria Vettorazzo | |||||||||||
Born | Preganziol, Italy | 16 March 1942|||||||||||
Died | 19 June 2018 Florence, Italy | (aged 76)|||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Women's pentathlon | |||||||||||
Club | Snia Libertas Torino | |||||||||||
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Personal best | 4657 (1968) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria "Magalì" Vettorazzo (16 March 1942 – 19 June 2018)[1] was an Italian female pentathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1967 Mediterranean Games in 100 metres hurdles.
Biography
[edit]Vettorazzo earned 32 caps, from 1960 to 1971, with the Italy national athletics team and she was the first Italian woman to jump over 6 metres in long jump.[1] She competed at the 1968 Olympics and finished in 21st place. She also participated at three editions of the European Athletics Championships. She won 18 national championships at the individual senior level.[2][3]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 80 metres hurdles: 1965, 1966, 1967 (3)
- 100 metres hurdles: 1969 (1)
- Long jump: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969 (7)
- Pentathlon: 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 (7)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lutto: addio a Magalì Vettorazzo" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1942 births
- 2018 deaths
- Italian female pentathletes
- Italian female long jumpers
- Italian female hurdlers
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Sportspeople from the Province of Treviso
- 20th-century Italian sportswomen