Micaela Levaggi

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Micaela Levaggi
Personal information
NationalityArgentine
Born (1998-08-12) 12 August 1998 (age 27)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests1500m: 4:09.76 (2025) NR
5000m: 15:49.90 (2022)
3000m S'chase: 9:42.09 (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
South American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Mar del Plata 1500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 Mar del Plata 3000 m st.

Micaela Levaggi (born 12 August 1998) is an Argentina middle-distance runner. She is the Argentina national record holder over 1500 metres, and became the South American Champion at that distance in 2025. [1]

Career

She was born and raised in Mar del Plata, and started running at the age of 13 years-old with support from a public athleticism program run by the Mar del Plata Municipality and was coached by Leonardo Malgor. In 2014, at the age of 15 years-old, she won the South American Under-16 Cross Country Championships. [2]

Levaggi won the silver medal at the 2014 South American Youth Championships in the 1500 metres and won a gold medal at the 2017 South American U20 Championships over 3000 metres, and bronze at the 2018 South American Games in the 1500m. [3] She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres in Cuenca, Ecuador at the South American U23 Athletics Championships in September 2018. [4]

She was the highest finishing Argentine at the Buenos Aires Half Marathon in 2024. [3] She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2025 South American Athletics Championships in April 2025. [5] At the same championships, she won a silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase. [6]

Levaggi broke the Argentine national record for the 1500 metres whilst competing in Spain in July 2025, running a time of 4:10.92 at the Ordizia Meeting, beating the record previously held by Fedra Luna. [7]

References

  1. "Micaela Levaggi". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 Sep 2025.
  2. Gomez, Rodolfo (11 Jan 2025). "Athletics: Micaela Levaggi, an Argentine long-distance runner on the rise". deportelauquen.com.ar. Retrieved 12 Sep 2025.
  3. 1 2 Romero Nuñez, Fernando (31 August 2024). "She is the Buenos Aires Half Marathon national champion. Five months ago, she nearly retired". Buenos Aires Herald. Retrieved 12 Sep 2025.
  4. "Cuenca South American U23 Championships". World Athletics. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  5. "South American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  6. "South American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  7. "Micaela Levaggi broke the Argentine record for the 1,500 meters in Spain". elmarplatense.com. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 12 Sep 2025.