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 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.

Nadia Battocletti
Battocletti triumphal finish in the U-20 race at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000
Cles, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-distance running
Cross-country running
ClubG.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Coached byGiuliano Battocletti
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 1500 m: 4:09.38 (2021)
  • 3000 m: 8:54.91 (2021)
  • 5000 m: 14:46.29 (2021)

Indoors

  • 3000 m: 8:41.72i NR (2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Italy
European Team Championships
2021 Silesia5000 m
European U23 Championships
2021 Tallinn5000 m
European U20 Championships
2019 Borås5000 m
2017 Grosseto3000 m
European Cross Country Championships
2018 TilburgU-20 race
2019 LisbonU-20 race
2021 DublinU-23 race
2021 DublinU-23 team
2019 LisbonU-20 team

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
Representing  Italy
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResultNotes
2017 World Cross Country Championships Kampala 34th U-20 race 21:27
European U20 Championships Grosseto 3rd 3000 m 9:24.01 PB
European Cross Country Championships Šamorín 5th U-20 race 14:07
2018 World Cross Country Championships Tampere 8th 3000 m 9:13.45 PB
European Cross Country Championships Tilburg 1st U-20 race 13:46
2019 European U20 Championships Borås 2nd 5000 m 16:09.39 PB
European Cross Country Championships Lisbon 1st U-20 race 13:58
2nd U-20 team 29 pts
2021 European Team Championships, Super League Chorzów 1st 5000 m 15:46.95
Olympic Games Tokyo 7th 5000 m 14:46:29 PB
European Cross Country Championships Dublin 1st U23 race 20:32
1st U23 team 18 pts

National titles

Battocletti won four national championships at individual senior level.[8][9]

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. "Athletics BATTOCLETTI Nadia - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 19 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Ingebrigtsen, Battocletti voted European Athletes of the Month for December". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. "Nakaayi and Eaton win in Val-de-Reuil". World Athletics. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. "Battocletti scatenata: 15:16.70 ad Andujar" (in Italian). fidal.it. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. "Battocletti record: 15:36.39 all'Arena di Milano" (in Italian). fidal.it. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  8. "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. "Assoluti: altri 4 azzurri allo standard olimpico" (in Italian). fidal.it. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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