Ludovica Cavalli

Ludovica Cavalli
Cavalli in 2022.
Personal information
National teamItaly: 2 caps (2021)[1]
Born (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 23)
Genoa, Italy
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
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 – third place 2022 Oran 1500 metres
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dublin U-23 team
Silver medal – second place 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]

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

Year Competition Venue Rank Event Mark Notes
2018 World U20 Championships Finland Tampere 24th (heats) 3000 m steeplechase 10:24.41 PB[3]
2019 European Cross Country Championships Portugal Lisbon 2nd U20 team 28 pts [7]
2021 European Indoor Championships Poland Toruń 20th (heats) 3000 m 9:14.85 [3]
European Cross Country Championships Republic of Ireland Dublin 36th U23 race [8]
1st U23 team 18 pts [8]
2022 Mediterranean Games Algeria Oran 3rd 1500 m 4:13.37 [6]
2023 European Indoor Championships Turkey Istanbul 9th 3000 m 8:53.97

National titles

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Ludovica Cavalli Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Cavalli e Mannucci in Aeronautica" (in Italian). fidal.it. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Ludovica Cavalli - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Ludovica Cavalli domina nei 1500 promesse". Sprint News. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ Heats results
  6. ^ a b "XIX GIOCHI DEL MEDITERRANEO - Orano 2022 - Orano (ALG)" (in Italian). carabinieri.it. 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. ^ a b "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.