Nadia Battocletti

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Nadia Battocletti
Nadia Battocletti at ECCC 2019.jpg
Battocletti triumphal finish in the U-20 race at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships.
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 21)
Cles, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-distance running
Cross-country running
ClubG.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Coached byGiuliano Battocletti
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 1500 m: 4:09.38 (2021)
  • 3000 m: 8:54.91 (2021)
  • 5000 m: 14:46.29 (2021)
Medal record
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Silesia 5000 m
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tallinn 5000 m
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Borås 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Grosseto 3000 m
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tilburg U-20 race
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lisbon U-20 race
Gold medal – first place U-23 race
Gold medal – first place U-23 team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lisbon U-20 team

Nadia Battocletti (born 12 April 2000) is an Italian female middle distance runner and cross-country runner who won a national title in 2018 and at senior level and became first Italian millennial to do that.[1] In add of this in 2019, establishing her Personal Best with 9:04.46 in 3000 metres, breaking the Italian U-20 record that had lasted for more than 30 years, she had reached the 62nd place in the senior seasonal world lists.[2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 5000 m. [3]

Biography[]

In December 2019 she was elected European Athlete of the Month by the European Athletic Association (EAA), the only Italian to succeed in this undertaking in 2019.[4] At international under-20 level she four medals (two gold). Her father Giuliano is her coach and he also was an important Italian middle distance runner.

National records[]

  • 5000 m under-23: 14:58.73 in Nice, France 12 June 2021 - current holder, beating her two previous 15:16.70 (in Andújar, 22 May 2021) ,[5] and 15:36.39 held in Milan, Italy on 24 April 2021, which in turn had broken the previous record of nearly 32 years fixed by Orietta Mancia on 28 August 1989 in 15:37.59 in Gateshead.[6]
  • 3000 m under-23: 8:54.91 in Gravellona Toce, Italy 12 June 2021 - current holder, previous one was 9:04.46 of the same athlete held in Gothenburg, Sweden, which in turn had broken the previous record of nearly 42 years fixed by Sabine Ladurner on 6 June 1979 in 9:07:0 in Florence.[1]

Achievements[]

Youth
Year Competition Venue Rank Event Time Notes
2017 World Cross Country Championships Uganda Kampala 34th Junior race 21:27
European U20 Championships Italy Grosseto 3rd 3000 m 9:24.01 PB
European Cross Country Championships Slovakia Šamorín 5th Junior race 14:07
2018 World Cross Country Championships Finland Tampere 8th 3000 m 9:13.45 PB
European Cross Country Championships Netherlands Tilburg 1st U-20 race 13:46
2019 European U20 Championships Sweden Borås 2nd 5000 m 16:09.39 PB
European Cross Country Championships Portugal Lisbon 1st U-20 race 13:58
2nd U-20 race team 28 pts
2021 European Team Championships (SL) Poland Chorzów 1st 5000 m 15:46.95
2021 Olympic Games Japan Tokyo 7th 5000 m 14:46:29

National titles[]

Battocletti won four national championships at individual senior level.[7][8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Nadia Battocletti centra il nuovo record italiano under 20 nei 3000 metri" (in Italian). it.eurosport.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Senior Outdoor 2019 - 3000 Metres Women". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Athletics BATTOCLETTI Nadia - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Ingebrigtsen, Battocletti voted European Athletes of the Month for December". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Battocletti scatenata: 15:16.70 ad Andujar" (in Italian). fidal.it. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Battocletti record: 15:36.39 all'Arena di Milano" (in Italian). fidal.it. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  7. ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Assoluti: altri 4 azzurri allo standard olimpico" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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