Edera Cordiale

Edera Cordiale

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1920-01-30)30 January 1920 Turin, Italy
Died	4 April 1993(1993-04-04) (aged 73) Tortorici, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw
Club	Venchi Unica Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Discus throw: 46.19 m (1950)
Medal record Summer Olympics 1948 London Discus throw European Championships 1950 Brussels Discus throw

Edera Cordiale (married name Gentile; 30 January 1920 – 4 April 1993) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the Discus.

Biography

She competed for Italy in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the Discus where she won the Silver medal splitting the French athletes Micheline Ostermeyer and Jacqueline Mazéas. In 1950 in the European Championships she won the bronze medal.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
1948	Olympic Games	London	2nd	Discus throw	41.17 m
1950	European Championships	Brussels	3rd	Discus throw	41.57 m
1952	Olympic Games	Helsinki	14th	Discus throw	38.22 m

National titles

She won 8 times the individual national championship.

• 8 wins in the discus throw (1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952)

External links

• Edera Cordiale-Gentile at the International Association of Athletics Federations
• Edera Cordiale-Gentile at Olympics.com
• Edera Cordiale-Gentile at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)