Loredana Auletta (born 1 May 1969) is an Italian softball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[1] Auletta was the catcher for the two winning games (against Cuba and New Zealand) that Italy played in the Sydney Games.[2]

Loredana Auletta
Catcher
Born: (1969-05-01) May 1, 1969 (age 54)
Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Bats: right
Throws: right
Teams
Italian National National
Career highlights and awards
2000 Summer Olympics

Personal life edit

Loredana Auletta was born on 1 May 1969 in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.[3] Audetta is married to Pier Piancastelli, a former baseball outfielder. In 1996, she gave birth to their twin daughters. Their daughter Erika Piancastelli was the captain of the Italian National Team (softball), for which she played as the catcher in the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo.[2][4]

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Loredana Auletta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Loredana Auletta: 'Playing in the Olympics is the best of the best'". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  3. ^ "Loredana Auletta - Biographical information". olympedia.org. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  4. ^ "European champions Italy name Olympic softball roster for Tokyo 2020 Games". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2022-11-28.