Paola Paternoster

Paola Paternoster
Personal information
Born 22 December 1935
Rome, Italy
Died 27 June 2018(2018-06-27) (aged 82)[1]
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus throw, javelin throw, high jump
Club Urbe Roma
AS Roma
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) DT – 47.04 m (1956)
JT – 47.96 m (1957)
HJ – 1.63 m (1956)[2][3]

Paola Paternoster (née Carotenuto; 22 December 1935 27 June 2018) was an Italian athlete. She competed in the discus throw at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and in the javelin throw in 1956, and placed 11th–20th.[2]

National titles

Paola Paternoster with her coach.

Paternoster won 17 national championships at the senior level,[4][5]

References

  1. Paola Paternoster's obituary (in Italian)
  2. 1 2 Paola Paternoster. sports-reference.com
  3. Paola Paternoster (née Carotenuto). trackfield.brinkster.net
  4. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. Campionati italiani "assoluti" – Donne. Tutti i campioni italiani – 1923–2013. sportolimpico.it


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