Paola Paternoster

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| national_team = Italy: 21 (1953-1971){{cite web|url=http://studiopalamara.altervista.org/annuario-fidal.pdf|title=Annuario FIDAL 2010|website=altervista.org|language=it|access-date=29 August 2022}}

| birth_date = 22 December 1935

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

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| height = 180 cm

| weight = 75 kg

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Discus throw, javelin throw, high jump

| pb = DT – 47.04 m (1956)
JT – 47.96 m (1957)
HJ – 1.63 m (1956)

| club = Urbe Roma
AS Roma

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Paola Paternoster (née Carotenuto; 22 December 1935 – 27 June 2018) was an Italian athlete. She competed in the discus throw at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and in the javelin throw in 1956, and placed 11th–20th.

Career

Multipurpose athlete, she has won 17 national titles in five different disciplines (high jump, shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and pentathlon).{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONESSE%20ITALIANE.pdf|title=CAMPIONATI “ASSOLUTI” – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020|website=sportolimpico.it|language=italian|date=1 January 2022|access-date=27 August 2022}} She participated in two editions of the Olympic Games: Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960.

National records

High jump: 1.62 m {{flagicon|ITA}} Naples, 26 June 1956), till 14 September 1957
Shot put: 14.38 m {{flagicon|ITA}} Rome, 28 March 1959), till 27 June 1965
Discus throw: 51.33 m {{flagicon|ITA}} Rome, 27 March 1960), till 17 June 1965
Javelin throw: 47.96 m {{flagicon|ROU}} Bucharest, 23 June 1957), till 11 September 1970

National titles

File:Paola Paternoster 4.jpg

Paternoster won 17 national championships at the senior level,{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONESSE%20ITALIANE.pdf|title=CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=17 September 2017}}

High jump: 1955 (1)
Shot put: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960 (5)
Discus throw: 1955, 1956, 1957 (3)
Javelin throw: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961 (5)
Pentathlon: 1954, 1955, 1956 (3)

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012051/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/paola-paternoster-1.html Paola Paternoster]. sports-reference.com

[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=6169&Gender=W Paola Paternoster (née Carotenuto)]. trackfield.brinkster.net

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131211231807/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_D.pdf Campionati italiani "assoluti" – Donne. Tutti i campioni italiani – 1923–2013]. sportolimpico.it

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