Edera Cordiale

Edera Cordiale

File:EderaCordiale.jpg Cordiale in the 1940s
Personal information
Full name	Edera Cordiale-Gentile
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 Silver medal – second place 1948 London Discus throw European Championships Bronze medal – third place 1950 Brussels Discus throw

Edera Cordiale, née Gentile, (30 January 1920 – 4 April 1993) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in discus throw events.

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 the individual national championship on eight occasions.

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

External links

• Edera Cordiale-Gentile at World Athletics
• Edera Cordiale-Gentile at Olympics.com
• Edera Cordiale-Gentile at Olympedia
• Edera Cordiale-Gentile at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)