Silvana Pierucci

{{Short description|Italian long jumper, pentathlete, and basketball player}}

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long jump

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|9|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Genoa

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|2|15|1929|9|21|df=yes}}

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| height = 1.80 m

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• Long jump: 5.66 m (1949)

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Silvana Pierucci married Perasso{{cite web|url=http://www.mentelocale.it/16694-il-canestro-sotto-la-lanterna|title=Il canestro sotto la Lanterna|publisher=mentelocale.it|quote=personaggi incredibili come le cestiste genovesi: Annita Falcidieno e Silvana Pierucci Perasso; entrambe sono state anche campionesse in altre discipline atletiche.|language=it|accessdate=2 September 2017}} (21 September 1929 – 15 February 2017) was an Italian long jumper who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|title = Pierucci Silvana|newspaper = Il Secolo XIX|language = it|date = 17 February 2017|url = https://necrologie.ilsecoloxix.it/necrologi/2017/757599-pierucci-silvana|access-date = 17 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1948/ATH/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417051514/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1948/ATH/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Italy Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games|publisher=sports-reference.com|accessdate=2 September 2017}} After her track and field career she became a basketball player and participated, with the national team, at the EuroBasket Women 1950.{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/68566/pid2//sid/2271/tid/307/tid2/282/_/1950_European_Championship_for_Women/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525020949/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/68566/pid2//sid/2271/tid/307/tid2/282/_/1950_European_Championship_for_Women/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2022|title=Budapest in Hungary - Italy 11 - Silvana Pierucci|publisher=fiba.com|accessdate=2 September 2017}}