Category: Athletics
The Relay Runners Who Joined the Resistance:
1930s-1940s Italian athletes
Lydia Bongiovanni and Elda Franco
Part 2
The author would like to express thanks to Levio Bottazzi and Maura Quiriconi for having shared...
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The Relay Runners Who Joined the Resistance:
1930s-1940s Italian Athletes Lydia Bongiovanni and Elda Franco
Part 1
FThe author would like to express thanks to Levio Bottazzi and Maura Quiriconi for having shared...
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The Italian Job:
The role of Italian sportswomen in 1933 Turin International University Games
The 1933 edition of the International University Games (IUG) was held in Turin, from 1 to 10...
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THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:
Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer
Part 3
To read Part 1 of this series click HERE and Part 2 HERE The Running Career Revived Violet...
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THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:
Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer
Part 2
To read the first part of this series click HERE Who was Violet Piercy? Helpfully Piercy’s...
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“And then we were Boycotted”
New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933]
Part 10
The author would like to express thanks to: Luigi and Francesco Ferrari, Rosa Mottino, Francesco...
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“And then we were Boycotted”
New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933]
Part 9
The author would like to express thanks to: Luigi and Francesco Ferrari, Marco and Silvia Bonitta,...
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THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:
Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer
Part 1
Introduction The story of a British woman called Violet Piercy running a marathon in 1926 has been...
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A Short History of the Barclay Match:
Long-Distance Pedestrianism in the Nineteenth Century
Please cite this article as: Martin, D. A Short History of the Barclay Match: Long-Distance...
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Athletics in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Conflict between the North and the South
Please cite this article as: Liam, D. Athletics in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Conflict...
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Martha Jacob
First Female Foreign Coach in the UK
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Athlete and Physical Education Teacher through Europe.
To read the earlier articles in this series by Lisa please click on the links below Part 1 –...
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Gretel Bergmann
~An International Olympic Contender~
The ‘Bitter Awakening from the Wonderful Dream’ of Attending the Olympic Games
To read the earlier articles in this series by Lisa please click on the links below Part 1 –...
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