Ada Turci

Ada Turci (17 January 1924 – 3 February 2012)[1] was an Italian javelin thrower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics,[2]

Ada Turci
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born(1924-01-17)17 January 1924
Quistello
Died3 February 2012(2012-02-03) (aged 88)
Quistello
Sport
Country Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Javelin throw 43.51 m (1955)

Biography

Ada Turci did not abandon the competitive sport, so to continue in the masters athletics and win three more medals at the second edition of the European Veterans Athletics Championships, which were curiously held in Helsinki in 1980, in the same Finnish capital where 28 years before she had participated in the Olympic Games.[3]

Achievements
Senior
YearCompetitionVenueEventPositionMeasureNotes
1948 Olympic Games Helsinki Javelin throw 11th 41.20 m
Masters
YearCompetitionVenueEventPositionMeasureNotes
1980 European Veterans Championships Helsinki Shot put W55 1st 10.13 m [3]
Discus throw W55 3rd 21.34 m [3]
Javelin throw W55 1st 28.48 m [3]

National titles

She won 13 (10 consecutive years from 1946 to 1955) national championships at senior level.[4]

References
  1. "Addio ad Ada Turci, regina del giavellotto" (in Italian). gazzettadimantova.gelocal.it. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. "Italy Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. "WORLD Association of Athletes" (PDF). MastersHistory.org. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. FIDAL did not want to enter the names of the winners in the official history of Italian champions.
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