Raphaela Lukudo

Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo (born 29 July 1994) is an Italian sprinter specialized in the 400 m, who won four medals at international senior level with Italian national track relay team of the 4×400 m relay.^[2]

Raphaela Lukudo

Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo
National team	Italy
Born	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 30) Aversa, Italy
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprinting
Club	C.S. Esercito
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400 m: 52.65 (2018)
Medal record IAAF World Relays 2019 Yokohama 4×400 m relay European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow 4×400 m relay European Team Championships 2021 Silesia 4×400 m relay Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 4×400 m relay 2022 Oran 4×400 m relay

Biography

Born in Aversa, Italy to Sudanese parents, she moved to Modena at the age of two. In 2006, she started to practice athletics with Mollificio Modenese Cittadella under the guidance of Mario Romano.^[3] She took part in the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, for her first time with the Italy national athletics team, in Lille conquering the 400-meter semi-final despite an injury close to the competition.^[4] She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships.^[5] Than, always in 2018 she won a gold medal, with the national track relay team at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.^[6]

Achievements

Senior level

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham	Semi	400 m	53.18	[7]
			5th	4x400 m relay	3:31.55	NR
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona	1st	4x400 m relay	3:28.08	GR
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow	3rd	4x400 m relay	3:31.90
	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama	3rd	4×400 m relay	3:27.64	SB
2021	European Team Championships (SL)	Chorzów	3rd	4×400 m relay	3:29.05

National records

• 4x400 metres relay indoor: 3:31.55 (Birmingham, England, 4 March 2018 with Ayomide Folorunso, Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca)^[8]
• Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay: 3:16.15 (Yokohama, Japan, 11 May 2019 with Davide Re, Giancarla Trevisan, Andrew Howe); current holder^[9]

National titles

• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 400 metres: 2018, 2019

See also

• List of Italian records in athletics
• List of Mediterranean Games records in athletics
• Naturalized athletes of Italy
• Italian national track relay team

References

1. "v - Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
2. "Raphaela Lukudo - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
3. "Raphaela Lukudo Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
4. "Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo". IAAF. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
5. Start list
6. "NOC Medallist by Sport - Italy". tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
7. In heats she ran a better crono, her Personal Best 52.98
8. "Women's 4×400m Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
9. "Record italiani assoluti maschili di atletica leggera al 29 luglio 2019" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

External links

• Raphaela Lukudo at World Athletics
• Raphaela Lukudo at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Raphaela Lukudo at Olympics.com
• Raphaela Lukudo at Olympedia
• Raphaela Lukudo at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)