Liliana Tagliaferri
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 August 1928 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | Sprint |
Liliana Tagliaferri (born 20 August 1928) is an Italian sprinter who is twice National Champion at 100 metres[1] and competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]
Tagliaferri won the Italian National Championships twice in the 100 metres in 1948 and 1949,[1] she was only 19 years old when she competed in her first Olympic Games in 1948 in London, she won her first round heat in the 100 metres running in a time of 12.8 seconds,[3] in the semi-final Tagliaferri was unlucky to be drawn in the same heat as Fanny Blankers-Koen and Shirley Strickland and could only manage to finish in fifth place so didn't qualify for the final.[4] With team mates Mirella Avalle, Anna Maria Cantù and Marcella Jeandeau, Tagliaferri also competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay, but unfortunately they didn't finish the race so didn't advance to the final.[5]
Four years later, Tagliaferri was at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, she again was competing in the same events as she did in London four years earlier, in the 100 metres she finished in second place in her heat behind American Mae Faggs,[6] in the second round she could only run a time of 12.9 seconds and finished last in the heat so didn't go any further in the event.[7] In the 4 × 100 metres relay running with Vittoria Cesarini, Milena Greppi and Giuseppina Leone they were unlucky to have been drawn in the same heat as the teams from the United States and Great Britain, so they finished in third place and didn't qualify for the final.[8]
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