Milena Greppi

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Hurdles
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| club = SC Bergamo

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1929|7|8}}

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

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| death_date = 13 December 2016 (aged 87)

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100 m: 12.1 (1953)
80 m hs: 11.2 (1957)

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Milena Greppi (8 July 1929 – 13 December 2016) was an Italian hurdler.{{cite web |title=MILENA GREPPI |url=https://necrologi.corriere.it/defunti/milena-greppi-00001 |publisher=Corriere della Sera |access-date=7 January 2021}}

Biography

Milena Greppi was born in Milan into an aristocratic family. Her father was Antonio Greppi (1901–1991), 8th Count of Bussero and Corneliano and her mother was Aurora Mattei.{{cite book|title=Famiglie Nobili di Lombardia, ed. Associazione Archivistica Genealogica fra i Nobili Milanesi e residenti in Lombardia, fasc. VII}} She participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956), and had 23 caps in national team from 1951 to 1958.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}}

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
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=27 October 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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Competition

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Position

Event

Performance

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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=27 October 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

Milena Greppi won five times the individual national championship.{{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=28 October 2012 |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 }}