Raphaela Lukudo

Raphaela Lukudo
	Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Personal information
Full name	Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo
Nationality	Italian
Born	29 July 1994; Aversa, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprinting
Club	C.S. Esercito
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 52.65 (2018);
IAAF World Relays
European Indoor Championships
Mediterranean Games

Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo (born 29 July 1994) is an Italian sprinter, who won a gold medal, with the national track relay team at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.[1]

Biography

Born in Aversa 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.[2] 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.[3] She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[4]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham	Semi	400 m	53.18	[5]
	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham	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

4x400 metres relay indoor: 3:31.55, Birmingham, England, 4 March 2018 - current holder (with Ayomide Folorunso, Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca)[6]
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay: 3:16.15, Yokohama, 11 May 2019 (Davide Re, Giancarla Trevisan, Andrew Howe, Raphaela Lukudo); current holder[7]

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

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