Paola Pigni
Italian athletics competitor (1945-2021)
Paola Pigni (30 December 1945 – 11 June 2021) was an Italian middle and long-distance runner.[1] She was a three-time world champion in cross country. She held the world record over five distance running events on the track, from 1500m to 10,000m.[2] She won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Pigni was born in Milan.
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Pigni died on 11 June 2021 in Rome from a heart attack, aged 75.[3]
References
change- ↑ "The Italian middle-distance runner Paola Pigni at the Olympic Games". agefotostock.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ↑ Addio Paola Pigni: si è spenta a 75 anni la "rivoluzionaria" della corsa italiana (in Italian)
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