Letizia Bertoni

Letizia Bertoni

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	5 March 1937 Milan, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hurdles Sprint
Club	SC Italia Milano Milano SC Imec Bergamo
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 11.9 (1960) 200 m: 24.6 (1961) 80 m hs: 11.0 (1963)
Medal record European Championships 1954 Bern 4x100 m relay

Letizia Bertoni (Milan, 5 March 1937) is a former Italian hurdler.

She was twice at 5th place on 4x100 metres relay at the Olympic Games (1956 and 1960).

Biography

Letizia Bertoni participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1956 and 1960), she has 33 caps in national team from 1953 to 1965.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
1954	European Championships	Bern	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	46.6	[2]
1956	Olympic Games	Melbourne	5th	4 × 100 m relay	45.7
1960	Olympic Games	Rome	5th	4 × 100 m relay	45.80

National championships

Letizia Bertoni has won eight times the individual national championship.^[3]

• 7 wins on 80 metres hurdles (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
• 1 win on 200 metres (1962)

See also

• Italy national relay team

References

1. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
2. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
3. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

External links

• Letizia Bertoni at Sports Reference