Rita Trapanese
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| Full name | Rita Trapanese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 1951 Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 2000 (aged 49) Gattatico, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rita Trapanese (8 May 1951 – 10 August 2000) was an Italian figure skater. She was the 1972 European silver medalist and the 1971 bronze medalist. She represented Italy at the 1968 Winter Olympics, where she placed 25th at the age of 16, and at the 1972 Winter Olympics, where she placed 7th.
In several years, the ISU Junior Grand Prix event held in Italy has been named the Trofeo Rita Trapanese (Rita Trapanese Trophy) in her honor.
Competitive highlights[edit]
| International | ||||||||
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| Event | 64–65 | 65–66 | 66–67 | 67–68 | 68–69 | 69–70 | 70–71 | 71–72 |
| Winter Olympics | 25th | 7th | ||||||
| World Champ. | 13th | 13th | 8th | 5th | ||||
| European Champ. | 18th | 15th | 18th | 8th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | |
| Richmond Trophy | 3rd | 1st | ||||||
| Prague Skate | 7th | |||||||
| National | ||||||||
| Italian Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Rita Trapanese at Olympedia
- "ISU Official Results: European Figure Skating Championships" (PDF).
- Sports-reference profile
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Categories:
- Italian female single skaters
- Olympic figure skaters for Italy
- Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters from Milan
- 1951 births
- 2000 deaths
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Italian winter sports biography stubs
- European figure skating biography stubs