Silvana Pierucci

Silvana Pierucci

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1929-09-21)21 September 1929 Genoa
Died	15 February 2017(2017-02-15) (aged 87)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Long jump: 5.66 m (1949)

Silvana Pierucci married Perasso^[1] (21 September 1929 – 15 February 2017) was an Italian long jumper who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[2][3] After her track and field career she became a basketball player and participated, with the national team, at the EuroBasket Women 1950.^[4]

National titles

She won 7 national championships at senior level.^[5]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Long jump: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951
  • Pentathlon: 1949, 1950 1951

See also

• Italian record progression women's long jump

References

1. "Il canestro sotto la Lanterna" (in Italian). mentelocale.it. Retrieved 2 September 2017. personaggi incredibili come le cestiste genovesi: Annita Falcidieno e Silvana Pierucci Perasso; entrambe sono state anche campionesse in altre discipline atletiche.
2. "Pierucci Silvana". Il Secolo XIX (in Italian). 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
3. "Italy Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
4. "Budapest in Hungary - Italy 11 - Silvana Pierucci". fiba.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
5. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

External links

• Silvana Pierucci at FIBA.com (archived)
• Silvana Pierucci at Olympedia
• Silvana Pierucci at FIP