Ludovica Cavalli
Italian middle-distance runner
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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 wins the 1500 meter race at the 2026 Wanda Diamond League’s Weltklasse Zürich athletics competition. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National team | Italy: 2 caps (2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 2000 Genoa, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Liberato Pellecchia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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 won 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]
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On 27 August 2026, Ludovica Cavalli wins the women’s 1500 m at Weltklasse Zürich in 4:03.27. Heather MacLean (USA) takes second in 4:03.57, Marta García (ESP) third in 4:03.86.[7]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Mark | Notes |
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| 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 | [8] |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships |  Toruń |
20th (heats) | 3000 m | 9:14.85 | [3] |
| European Cross Country Championships |  Dublin |
36th | U23 race | [9] | ||
| 1st | U23 team | 18 pts | [9] | |||
| 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[10]
