Giuseppina Leone

Giuseppina Leone

Giuseppina Leone at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	21 December 1934 (1934-12-21) (age 82) Turin, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint
Club	Sipra Torino Fiat Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 11.4 (1956) 200 m: 23.7 (1960)
Medal record Summer Olympics 1960 Rome 100 metres European Championships 1954 Bern 4×100 m relay Summer Universiade 1959 Turin 100 metres 1959 Turin 200 metres 1959 Turin 4×100 m relay

Giuseppina "Giusy" Leone (born 21 December 1934) is a retired Italian sprinter. She competed in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and reached the final on five occasions. In 1960 she won a bronze medal in the 100 m, 0.06 seconds ahead of Maria Leontyevna Itkina.