Maria Apollonio

{{short description|Italian sprinter}}

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{{MedalBronze|1938 Vienna|4×100 m relay}}

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Maria Apollonio (13 June 1919 – 1990) was an Italian sprinter.

Biography

She won bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay, first medal of ever for the Italian women in a relay race, at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Vienna, with Maria Alfero, Rosetta Cattaneo and Italia Lucchini{{cite web|url=http://www.albi-giochi.com/ALBI&GIOCHI/albigiochi/atletica33.htm|title=Staffetta 4x100 Metri Donne|publisher=albi-giochi.com|language=italian|accessdate=13 December 2012}} She has 3 caps in national team from 1937 to 1938.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}}

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventPerformanceNotes
rowspan=1|1938

| rowspan=1 align=left|European Championships

| rowspan=1 align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Vienna

| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

| 4×100 m relay

| 50.4

| {{cite web|url=http://www.athleticsdb.com/2nd-european-athletics-championships.php|title=2nd European Athletics Championships, 1938|publisher=athleticsdb.com|accessdate=13 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313104259/http://athleticsdb.com/2nd-european-athletics-championships.php|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

See also

References

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