Ondina Valla
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Trebisonda "Ondina" Valla (20 May 1916 – 16 October 2006) was an Italian female athlete, and the first Italian woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal. She won it in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, after establishing the new world record during the semi-final.
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Full name | Trebisonda Valla | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1916-05-20)20 May 1916 Bologna, Kingdom of Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 October 2006(2006-10-16) (aged 90) L'Aquila, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint Hurdling Long jump High jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SEF Virtus Bologna | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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