Maria Musso
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||
| Born | 14 September 1931 Turin, Italy | ||||||||
| Died | 31 January 2024 (aged 92) Turin, Italy | ||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint Pentathlon | ||||||||
| Club | Atalanta Torino | ||||||||
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Maria Musso (14 September 1931 – 31 January 2024) was an Italian sprinter and pentathlete.[1]
Biography
[edit]Musso was born in Turin on 14 September 1931. She participated twice in the Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956) and had 29 caps with the national team from 1949 to 1960.[2] Musso died on 31 January 2024, at the age of 92.[3]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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| 1954 | European Championships |  Bern
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3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.6 | [4] |
| 1956 | Olympic Games |  Melbourne
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5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.7 |
National titles
[edit]Musso won the individual national championship six times.[5]
- 2 wins in 80 metres hurdles (1950, 1957)
- 1 win in Long jump (1954)
- 3 wins in Pentathlon (1953, 1957, 1959)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Maria Musso". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ "IL LUTTODa corso Grosseto all'Olimpiade del '52, addio a Maria Musso". Torino Cronaca. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
External links
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Categories:
- 1931 births
- 2024 deaths
- Italian female sprinters
- Italian female long jumpers
- Italian female hurdlers
- Italian female pentathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes from Turin
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- 20th-century Italian women
- 21st-century Italian women
- Italian Athletics Championships winners