Ludovica Cavalli

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]

Ludovica Cavalli

Cavalli in 2022
Personal information
National team	Italy: 2 caps (2021)[1]
Born	(2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 24) Genoa, Italy
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Events	Middle-distance running Cross-country running Steeplechase
Club	Bracco Atletica (2018-2021)[1] Aeronautica Militare (2021-)[2]
Coached by	Liberato Pellecchia[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	1500: 4:03.04 (2023) 3000 m: 9:19.98 (2020)[3]
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran 1500 metres European Cross Country Championships 2024 Antalya Team race 2021 Dublin U-23 team 2019 Lisbon U-20 team

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	Tampere	24th (heats)	3000 m steeplechase	10:24.41	PB[3]
2019	European Cross Country Championships	Lisbon	2nd	U20 team	28 pts	[7]
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń	20th (heats)	3000 m	9:14.85	[3]
	European Cross Country Championships	Dublin	36th	U23 race		[8]
			1st	U23 team	18 pts	[8]
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran	3rd	1500 m	4:13.37	[6]
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul	9th	3000 m	8:53.97

National titles

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

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 1500 m: 2022
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 1500 m: 2023
  • 3000 m: 2022, 2023
• Italian Cross Country Championships
  • Short course: 2022, 2023^[9]