Nadia Battocletti

Nadia Battocletti (born 12 April 2000) is an Italian female middle distance runner and cross-country runner who won a national title in 2018 and at senior level and became first Italian millennial to do that.[1] In add of this in 2019, establishing her Personal Best with 9:04.46 in 3000 metres, breaking the Italian U-20 record that had lasted for more than 30 years, she had reached the 62nd place in the senior seasonal world lists.[2]

Nadia Battocletti
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000
Cles, Italy
ResidenceTrento, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-distance running
Cross-country running
ClubG.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Coached byGiuliano Battocletti
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 3000 m: 9:04.46 (2019)
  • 5000 m: 16:09.39 (2019)
Medal record
Europesan U20 Championships
2019 Borås5000 m
2017 Grosseto3000 m
European Cross Country Championships
2018 TilburgU-20 race
2019 LisbonU-20 race

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.[3] At international under-20 level she 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-20: 9:04.46 ( Gothenburg, 17 August 2019)
Current holder, previous one was of Sabine Ladurner on 6 June 1979 in 9:07:0 in Florence.[1]

National titles

See also

References
  1. "Nadia Battocletti centra il nuovo record italiano under 20 nei 3000 metri" (in Italian). it.eurosport.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. "Senior Outdoor 2019 - 3000 Metres Women". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. "Ingebrigtsen, Battocletti voted European Athletes of the Month for December". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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