Gilda Jannaccone

Jannaccone in 1960s
Personal information
National team	Italy: 19 (1957-1965)[1]
Born	(1940-03-11) March 11, 1940 (age 84) Naples, Italy
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	Libertas Ridolfi
Achievements and titles
Personal best	800 m: 2:08.9 (1964)

Gilda Jannaccone (born 12 March 1940 in Naples) is an Italian former middle distance runner.^[1]

Career

Jannaccone participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics. She has 19 caps from the national team from 1957 to 1965.^[2][3]

National records

• 400 m: 60.9 ( Naples, 18 May 1957) - holder until 23 June 1957^[1]
• 800 m: 2:08.9 ( Zagreb, 30 September 1964) - holder until 16 June 1966^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Time	Note
1960	Olympic Games	Rome	Heat	800 m	2:13.72
1962	European Championships	Belgrade	Heat	800 m	2:13.6

National titles

Gilda Jannaccone won the individual national championship 12 times.^[4]

• 6 wins on 800 metres (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)
• 6 wins on cross country running (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)