Maria Vittoria Trio

Maria Vittoria Trio

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1947-09-18) September 18, 1947 (age 77) Turin, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump
Club	Libertas Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Long jump: 6.52 m (1967)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1967 Tunis Long jump

Maria Vittoria Trio (born 18 December 1947 in Turin) is a retired Italian long jumper

Biography

In 1966, before the 1966 European Athletics Championships, after the introduction of the gender verification testing in sports, she was asked to undergo, but Trio, like many athletes at the time, refused and preferred to withdraw from the competitions in 1967.^[1]

In 2012, her 6.52 m, after 45 years, is still the ninth best all-time Italian performance.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
1964	Olympic Games	Tokyo	14th	Long jump	5.98 m	[3]
1967	Mediterranean Games	Tunis	1st	Long jump	6.13 m	[4]

National titles

She has twice won the individual national championship.^[5]

• 2 wins in the long jump (1965, 1968)

See also

• Italian all-time top lists - Long jump
• Italian record progression women's long jump

References

1. "Maria Vittoria Trio" (in Italian). kosmosdoc.org. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
2. "LISTE ITALIANE ALL TIME" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
3. She jumps 6.18 m in the qualifying.
4. "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
5. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

External links

• Maria Vittoria Trio at Olympedia