Maria "Magalì" Vettorazzo (16 March 1942 – 19 June 2018) was an Italian female

pentathlete A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek language, Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) (). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Anci ...

who won a bronze medal at the

1967 Mediterranean Games The 1967 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the V Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Tunis 1967, were the 5th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Tunis, Tunisia over 9 days, from 8 to 17 September 1967, where 1,249 athletes ...

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

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Vettorazzo earned 32 caps, from 1960 to 1971, with the

Italy national athletics team The Italy national athletics team represents Italy at the International athletics championships and games, international athletics competitions such as Summer Olympics, Olympic Games or IAAF World Championships in Athletics, world athletics champ ...

and she was the first Italian woman to jump over 6 metres 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 ...

. She competed at the 1968 Olympics and finished in 21st place. She also participated at three editions of the

European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletic Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe. Editions First held, for me ...

. She won 18 national championships at the individual senior level. *

Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships () are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in ...

** 80 metres hurdles: 1965, 1966, 1967 (3) ** 100 metres hurdles: 1969 (1) ** Long jump: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969 (7) ** Pentathlon: 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 (7)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vettorazzo, Magali 1942 births 2018 deaths Italian female pentathletes Italian female long jumpers Italian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Italian Athletics Championships winners Athletes from the Province of Treviso 20th-century Italian sportswomen

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