Ludovica Cavalli

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Ludovica Cavalli
2022-08-19 European Championships 2022 - Women's 1500 Metres by Sandro Halank-012.jpg
Cavalli in 2022
Personal information
National team Italy: 2 caps (2021) [1]
Born (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 24)
Genoa, Italy
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight48 kg (106 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Events
Club
Coached byLiberato Pellecchia [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 1500: 4:03.04 (2023)
  • 3000 m: 9:19.98 (2020) [3]
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Oran 1500 metres
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Antalya Team race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Dublin U-23 team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lisbon U-20 team

Ludovica Cavalli (born 20 December 2000) is an Italian athlete who specialises in middle-distance running. [4] She competed in the women's 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships. [5]

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Career

Cavalli finished in sixth place at the 2019 European U-20 Championships in the 3000 meter steeplechase. In 2019 she won the team silver medal in the European cross championships 2019 in Lisbon. [1] Two years later in Dublin she is instead a gold medal, again with the team at the European cross championships, this time in the upper category for the under-23s. [1]

In 2022, Cavalli won three senior Italian titles: in the cross-country short race, indoor in the 3000 m and outdoor in the 1500 m. [3] She subsequently gained her second call up in the Italy national athletics team at the Mediterranean Games in Oran where she won the bronze medal in the 1500 m. [6]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEventMarkNotes
2018 World U20 Championships Flag of Finland.svg Tampere 24th (heats)3000 m steeplechase 10:24.41 PB [3]
2019 European Cross Country Championships Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon 2ndU20 team28 pts [7]
2021 European Indoor Championships Flag of Poland.svg Toruń 20th (heats)3000 m 9:14.85 [3]
European Cross Country Championships Flag of Ireland.svg Dublin 36thU23 race [8]
1stU23 team18 pts [8]
2022 Mediterranean Games Flag of Algeria.svg Oran 3rd1500 m4:13.37 [6]
2023 European Indoor Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul 9th3000 m 8:53.97

National titles

Cavalli has won six national championships at individual senior level. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ludovica Cavalli Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. "Cavalli e Mannucci in Aeronautica". fidal.it (in Italian). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ludovica Cavalli - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. "Ludovica Cavalli domina nei 1500 promesse". SprintNews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. "Heats results" (PDF). european-athletics.com.
  6. 1 2 "XIX GIOCHI DEL MEDITERRANEO - Orano 2022 - Orano (ALG)". carabinieri.it (in Italian). 3 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  7. "Eurocross, Battocletti conferma d'oro!". fidal.it (in Italian). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Europei cross, Battocletti oro under 23 a Dublino". raisport.rai.it (in Italian). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  9. "Festa del Cross: Battocletti 30 e lode". fidal.it (in Italian). 12 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.