Ada Turci (17 January 1924 – 3 February 2012) was an Italian

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er who competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Biography

Ada Turci did not abandon the competitive sports and continued to compete in

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. She won three more medals at the second edition of the

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, which were curiously held in

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in 1980, in the city where 28 years before she had participated in the

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Achievements

;Senior ;Masters

National titles

She won 13 (10 consecutive years from 1946 to 1955) national championships at

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level. * Italian Athletics Championships **

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: 1943, (1945),FIDAL did not want to enter the names of the winners in the official history of Italian champions. 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turci, Ada 1924 births 2012 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Italian female javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Italy Sportspeople from the Province of Mantua Italian masters athletes Olympic female javelin throwers People from Quistello Italian Athletics Championships winners