Maria Scutti

Maria Scutti
Personal information
NicknameGolden women
NationalityItalian
BornAugust 1928 (1928-08)
Altino, Italy
Died2005 (aged 76–77)
Sport
Country Italy
SportParalympic athletics
Paralympic swimming
Wheelchair fencing
Para table tennis
Retired1962
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 10 3 2
Paralympic Games
Athletics[1]
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Club Throw A
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Club Throw B
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Javelin A
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Javelin B
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Precision Javelin A
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Precision Javelin B
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Precision Javelin C
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Shot Put A
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Shot Put B
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Club Throw C
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Javelin C
Swimming[2]
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome 50 m Breaststroke C4
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome 50 m Backstroke C4
Fencing[3]
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Foil Individual
Table tennis[4]
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Doubles B

Maria Scutti (August 1928 - 2005) was an Italian paralympic athlete who won 15 medals, ten of which were gold, at the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.

Nicknamed the "golden woman" (donna d'oro) thanks to these successes, Maria Scutti is the athlete who got the highest number of medals in a single edition of the Paralympic Games (in four different sports), and the second Italian athlete for total number of medals won, behind Roberto Marson (26 medals in 4 editions).[5]

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  5. ^ Sebastiano Lavecchia (10 January 2017). "Maria Scutti, la donna d'oro di Roma 1960" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.