Marinella Bortoluzzi

{{Short description|Italian high jumper (1939–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = High jump

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|2|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|8|12|1939|2|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Cervignano del Friuli, Italy

| height = 1.70 m

| weight = 69 kg

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Marinella Bortoluzzi (16 February 1939 – 12 August 2024) was an Italian female high jumper who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1960/ATH/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094851/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1960/ATH/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Italy Athletics at the 1960 Roma Summer Games|publisher=sports-reference.com|accessdate=9 September 2017}} and won three national championships at the individual senior level from 1959 to 1963.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONESSE%20ITALIANE.pdf|title=TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE 1923 - 2018|publisher=sportolimpico.it|language=italian|accessdate=16 October 2018}} She was also the Italian record holder, improving the record several times between 1959 and 1961.{{cite news |title=Marinella Bortoluzzi, morta l’azzurra di salto in alto: è stata più volte primatista italiana |url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/vari/2024/08/16/news/marinella_bortoluzzi_morta_salto_in_alto-423449185/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=la Repubblica |date=16 August 2024 |language=it}} Bortoluzzi died in Cervignano del Friuli on 12 August 2024, at the age of 85.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-16 |title=Atletica, lutto per la scomparsa di Marinella Bortoluzzi: partecipò alle Olimpiadi di Roma 1960 |url=https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2024/08/atletica-lutto-per-la-scomparsa-di-marinella-bortoluzzi-partecipo-alle-olimpiadi-di-roma-1960-d6cbcf6a-a6c4-46f9-8b1e-11127875ec56.html |work=Rainews|access-date=2024-08-22 |language=it}}