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Ondina Valla

1916 - 2006

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ondina Valla is the 1,114th most popular athlete (down from 643rd in 2019), the 3,743rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,597th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Italian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ondina Valla ranks 1,114 out of 6,025. Before her are Louis Glineur, Jean Collas, Adolf Möller, Carla Bodendorf, Ole Østmo, and Arnold Luhaäär. After her are Gustav Schäfer, Fiorenzo Marini, Charlie Logg, Mia Gommers, Erika Lechner, and Fernando Altimani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ondina Valla ranks 240. Before her are Jean Margéot, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Yvon Petra, David Douglas Duncan, Karen Lachmann, and Helene Hanff. After her are Milton Babbitt, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, David Brown, Lennart Klingström, Toni Branca, and Roy Ward Baker. Among people deceased in 2006, Ondina Valla ranks 279. Before her are Lyubov Polishchuk, Mario Francesco Pompedda, György Faludy, Gordon Parks, Robert Earl Jones, and Charles Haughey. After her are Ion Drîmbă, Liese Prokop, Ted Grant, Aron Gurevich, Ruth Brown, and Ingvar Gärd.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ondina Valla ranks 3,744 out of 5,161. Before her are Nicola Mancino (1931), Girolamo Mei (1519), Carla Del Poggio (1925), Lyda Borelli (1884), Fred Buscaglione (1921), and Gianfranco Terenzi (1941). After her are Erika Lechner (1947), Fernando Altimani (1893), Simon Gregorčič (1844), Paola Pitagora (1941), Ardico Magnini (1928), and Michele Morrone (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Ondina Valla ranks 47. Before her are Renzo Minoli (1904), Amelia Piccinini (1917), Tommaso Lequio di Assaba (1893), Gianni Bonichon (1944), Giovanni Zucchi (1931), and Bruno Boni (1915). After her are Erika Lechner (1947), Fernando Altimani (1893), Giuliano Nostini (1912), Giuseppe Galante (1937), Piero D'Inzeo (1923), and Raimondo D'Inzeo (1925).

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