Licia Macchini

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameLicia•Macchini
Used nameLicia•Macchini
Born11 July 1930 in Lodi, LodiITA
Died29 November 2018 (aged 88 years 4 months 18 days) in Pieve Porto Morone, PaviaITA
AffiliationsAS Ginnastica Fanfulla — Lodi, LodiITA
NOCItalyITA

Biography

Licia Macchini was an Italian gymnast in the 1950s. Born in Lodi, she competed at two Olympic Games: in 1948, where she was the youngest athlete on the Italian team, and in 1952. A member of the Fanfulla club under coach Riccardo Fraschini, in 1950 she was Italian champion in the all-around, but her brightest moment came at the 1950 World Championships, held in Basel, where she won two bronze medals: one individual in the balance beam and another with the team alongside the Olympians Renata Bianchi, Laura Micheli, Elena Santoni, Liliana Scaricabarozzi, Lilia Torriani and the non-Olympians Anna Monlarini and Marja Nutti.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) ITA Licia Macchini
Team, Women (Olympic) Italy 8
1952 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) ITA Licia Macchini
All-Around, Individual, Women (Olympic) 35
Team, Women (Olympic) Italy 6
Team (Portable Apparatus), Women (Olympic) Italy 10
Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic) =56
Vault, Women (Olympic) =14
Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic) =31
Balance Beam, Women (Olympic) =66