Francesca Pianzola

SportAthletics

Event(s)

Shot put, javelin throw

Personal bestJT – 27.33 m (1923)^[1]

Francesca Pianzola

Pianzola at the 1922 Women's World Games
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put, javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	JT – 27.33 m (1923)[1]
Medal record Representing  Switzerland Women's World Games 1921 Monte Carlo Javelin throw 1922 Monte Carlo Javelin throw 1922 Paris Javelin throw 1923 Monte Carlo Javelin throw

Francesca Florida Pianzola^[2] was a Swiss athlete of Italian origin. She competed in the two-handed^[3] javelin throw and shot put.^[4]

In 1921 she competed at the Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo winning silver medal in javelin. In 1922 the competed at the Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo again winning the gold medal in javelin, later in 1922 she also competed at the first regular Women's World Games in Paris again winning gold medal in the javelin event.^[5]

In 1923 she again participated in the Women's Olympiad in Monte Carlo winning silver medal in javelin, that year she was ranked fifth in the world in the traditional javelin throw.^[1] In the same year, she founded "Les Sportives", the first documented women's soccer team in Switzerland.^[2]