Vittorina Vivenza (6 June 1912 in
Villalba – 3 April 2007 in
Aosta
Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...
) was an Italian versatile
athlete
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance.
Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...
.
Achievements
National titles
Vittorina Vivenza has won six times the
national championship
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
.
*1 win in
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
(1927)
*2 wins in
Standing long jump
The standing long jump, also known as the standing broad jump, is an athletics event. It was an Olympic event until 1912. It is one of three standing variants of track and field jumping events, which also include the standing high jump and ...
(1926, 1930)
*3 wins in
Discus throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...
(1928, 1929, 1930)
See also
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Italy national relay team
References
External links
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1912 births
2007 deaths
People from Villalba, Sicily
Italian female sprinters
Italian female long jumpers
Italian female shot putters
Italian female discus throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
Women's World Games medalists
Sportspeople from the Province of Caltanissetta