Maria Musso

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint
Pentathlon

| club = Atalanta Torino

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1931|9|14}}

| birth_place = Turin, Italy

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100 m: 12.1 (1955)
80 m hs: 11.5 (1957)
Pentathlon: 4003 pt (1954)

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Maria Musso (14 September 1931 – 31 January 2024) was an Italian sprinter and pentathlete.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71787 |title=Maria Musso |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 March 2022}}

Biography

Musso was born in Turin on 14 September 1931. She participated twice in the Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956) and had 29 caps with the national team from 1949 to 1960.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}} Musso died on 31 January 2024, at the age of 92.{{cite web |title=

IL LUTTODa corso Grosseto all'Olimpiade del '52, addio a Maria Musso |url=https://torinocronaca.it/news/sport/310919/da-corso-grosseto-all-olimpiade-del-52-addio-a-maria-musso.html?fbclid=IwAR1Gfll6rPJUewei7LkYxRqq5Ki-5-UcVODjIDHu-kfz9-0PPtMUopaiKwQ |website=Torino Cronaca | date=31 January 2024 |access-date=5 February 2024}}

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
rowspan=1\|1954 \| rowspan=1 align=left\|European Championships \| rowspan=1 align=left\|{{flagicon\|SUI\|civil}} Bern \| bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \| 4 × 100 m relay \| 46.6 \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE-D-1908-2008.pdf\|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE\|publisher=sportolimpico.it\|accessdate=1 December 2012}}
rowspan=1\|1956 \| rowspan=1 align=left\|Olympic Games \| rowspan=1 align=left\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} Melbourne \| 5th \| 4 × 100 m relay \| 45.7 \|

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Year

Competition

Venue

Position

Event

Performance

Notes

rowspan=1|1954

| rowspan=1 align=left|European Championships

| rowspan=1 align=left|{{flagicon|SUI|civil}} Bern

| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

| 4 × 100 m relay

| 46.6

| {{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE-D-1908-2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - DONNE|publisher=sportolimpico.it|accessdate=1 December 2012}}

rowspan=1|1956

| rowspan=1 align=left|Olympic Games

| rowspan=1 align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Melbourne

| 5th

| 4 × 100 m relay

| 45.7

National titles

Musso won the individual national championship six times.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf |title="CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012 |publisher=sportolimpico.it |accessdate=23 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224062428/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_DONNE.pdf |archivedate=24 December 2012 }}