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Christina Persighetti
British long jumper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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May Christina Persighetti née Cops (6 July 1936 – 31 October 2012) was a British athlete who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]
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Biography
Cops finished third behind Thelma Hopkins in the long jump event at the 1955 WAAA Championships[2] and third again behind Sheila Hoskin at the 1956 WAAA Championships.[3]
Cops married Bernard Persighetti in the spring of 1957[4] and competed under her married name thereafter. She became the national long jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1957 WAAA Championships.[5][6]
At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, she represented Great Britain in the women's long jump competition.[7]
Persighetti finished second behind Mary Rand at the 1961 WAAA Championships.[8]
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