Nadia Battocletti
 Battocletti triumphal finish in the U-20 race at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National team | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 April 2000 Cles, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle-distance running Cross-country running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Azzurre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Giuliano Battocletti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nadia Battocletti (born 12 April 2000) is an Italian female middle distance runner and cross-country runner who won a national title in 2018 at senior level and became first Italian millennial to do that.[1] She holds Italian record in the indoor 3000 metres, and national under-23 records for the 3000 and 5000 metres.
In 2019, Battocletti broke Italian U20 record in the 3000m that had lasted for more than 30 years, achieving 9:04.46 to reach the 62nd place on the senior seasonal world list.[2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 5000m.[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 won four medals (two gold). Her father Giuliano is her coach and he also was an important Italian middle distance runner.
National records
- 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]
- 3000 m indoor: 8:41.72 in Val-de-Reuil, France, 14 February 2022 – current holder. Battocletti broke almost 15-year old record of 8:44.81 set by Silvia Weissteiner on 4 March 2007 in Birmingham[5]
- 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),[6] 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.[7]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result | Notes |
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| 2017 | World Cross Country Championships |  Kampala
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34th | U-20 race | 21:27 | |
| European U20 Championships |  Grosseto
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3rd | 3000 m | 9:24.01 | PB | |
| European Cross Country Championships |  Šamorín
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5th | U-20 race | 14:07 | ||
| 2018 | World Cross Country Championships |  Tampere
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8th | 3000 m | 9:13.45 | PB |
| European Cross Country Championships |  Tilburg
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1st | U-20 race | 13:46 | ||
| 2019 | European U20 Championships |  Borås
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2nd | 5000 m | 16:09.39 | PB |
| European Cross Country Championships |  Lisbon
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1st | U-20 race | 13:58 | ||
| 2nd | U-20 team | 29 pts | ||||
| 2021 | European Team Championships, Super League |  Chorzów
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1st | 5000 m | 15:46.95 | |
| Olympic Games |  Tokyo
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7th | 5000 m | 14:46:29 | PB | |
| European Cross Country Championships |  Dublin
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1st | U23 race | 20:32 | ||
| 1st | U23 team | 18 pts |
National titles
Battocletti won five national championships at individual senior level.[8][9]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 1500 metres: 2021 (1)
- 5000 metres: 2018, 2020 (2)
- Italian Cross Country Championships
- Long course : 2021, 2022 (2)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Nadia Battocletti centra il nuovo record italiano under 20 nei 3000 metri" (in Italian). it.eurosport.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Senior Outdoor 2019 - 3000 Metres Women". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Athletics BATTOCLETTI Nadia - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Ingebrigtsen, Battocletti voted European Athletes of the Month for December". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Nakaayi and Eaton win in Val-de-Reuil". World Athletics. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Battocletti scatenata: 15:16.70 ad Andujar" (in Italian). fidal.it. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Battocletti record: 15:36.39 all'Arena di Milano" (in Italian). fidal.it. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Assoluti: altri 4 azzurri allo standard olimpico" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nadia Battocletti.
- Nadia Battocletti at World Athletics
- Nadia Battocletti at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Nadia Battocletti at Olympics.com
- Nadia Battocletti at Olympedia
- Nadia Battocletti at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
