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 22)
Genoa, Italy
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight48 kg (106 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
Club
Coached byLiberato Pellecchia [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 1500: 4:03.04 (2023)
  • 3000 m: 9:19.98 (2020) [3]
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Oran 1500 metres
European Cross Country Championships
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 championshis at individual senior level. [3]

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References

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  5. Heats results
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