Adelaide Aquilla
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March 3, 1999
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| Born | Adelaide Aquilla March 3, 1999 Westlake, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Ohio State University | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics (track and field) | ||||||||||||||
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| University team | Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 10th (shot put, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Adelaide Aquilla (/æˈdɛˈleɪd əˈkwɪlˈə/ A-deh-layd ə-KWIL-ə; born March 3, 1999)[1][2] is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put.[1] She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3]
Aquilla was born in Westlake, Ohio, to Tracy and Jared Aquilla.[3] She grew up in Rocky River, Ohio, and has two younger brothers, Jonas and Ambrose.[2]
Aquilla graduated from Magnificat High School in 2017.[4] She then attended Ohio State University, where she double majored in communications and hospitality management and was a walk-on for the Buckeyes track team.[4] She was coached by Ashley Kovacs, wife of Olympic shot putter Joe Kovacs.[5]
Career
Aquilla was a 2019 NCAA outdoor qualifier in the shot put and finished 12th with a personal best outdoor toss of 16.59 m (54 ft 5 in) to earn second-team All-America honors. In 2021 she was successful in defending the title of Big Ten Conference indoor shot put champion, winning at the 2020 meet with a personal best toss of 17.82 m (58 ft 5+1⁄2 in), and in 2021 she set another personal best with a throw of 19.12 m (62 ft 8+3⁄4 in). She was a 2020 NCAA indoor All-American in the shot with the nation's third-longest throw. In 2021 Aquilla won both indoor and outdoor NCAA titles and she was named Ohio State's female athlete of the year alongside Justin Fields as her male counterpart.[6][7][8]
At the U.S. Olympic Trials in June 2021, Aquilla finished third with a throw of 18.95 m (62 ft 2 in), securing a place at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics behind Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey.[9] She placed 20th at the Olympics with a throw of 17.68 m (58 ft 0 in).[1]
Aquilla won additional NCAA championships at the Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2022 and the Indoor Track and Field Championships in 2023, setting a collegiate record with a throw of 19.64 m (64 ft 5 in) in the former.[10]
In November 2023, Aquilla won a bronze medal in the shot put at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[11]
She finished sixth in shot put at the 2024 Diamond League event in Rabat.[12]
