Ada Turci

Ada Turci (17 January 1924 – 3 February 2012)[1] was an Italian javelin thrower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics,[2]

Ada Turci

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	17 January 1924 Quistello
Died	3 February 2012 (aged 88) Quistello
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Javelin throw 43.51 m (1955)

Biography

Ada Turci did not abandon the competitive sport, so to continue in the masters athletics and win three more medals at the second edition of the European Veterans Athletics Championships, which were curiously held in Helsinki in 1980, in the same Finnish capital where 28 years before she had participated in the Olympic Games.[3]

Achievements

Senior

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Position	Measure	Notes
1948	Olympic Games	Helsinki	Javelin throw	11th	41.20 m

Masters

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Position	Measure	Notes
1980	European Veterans Championships	Helsinki	Shot put W55	1st	10.13 m	[3]
			Discus throw W55	3rd	21.34 m	[3]
			Javelin throw W55	1st	28.48 m	[3]

National titles

She won 13 (10 consecutive years from 1946 to 1955) national championships at senior level.[4]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Javelin throw: 1943, (1945),[5] 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958

References

1. "Addio ad Ada Turci, regina del giavellotto" (in Italian). gazzettadimantova.gelocal.it. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
2. "Italy Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
3. "WORLD Association of Athletes" (PDF). MastersHistory.org. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
4. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
5. FIDAL did not want to enter the names of the winners in the official history of Italian champions.

External links

• Ada Turci at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Ada Turci at the International Olympic Committee