Marzia Caravelli

Marzia Caravelli
	Caravelli at the 2012 World Indoor Championships.
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	23 October 1981 (age 43); Pordenone, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	100 metres hurdles
Club	CUS Cagliari
Coached by	Marcello Ambrogi
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	60 m hs: 7.97 (2014); 100 m hs: 12.85 (2012); 400 m hs: 55.69 (2016);
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
European Team Championships

Marzia Caravelli (born 23 October 1981 in Pordenone) is an Italian hurdler.

Biography

She was 3rd at the 2011 European Team Championships in Stockholm.^[1] Her 100 metres hurdles personal best is 12"85 set in Montgeron on 13 May 2012.^[2]

In 2005 Marzia Caravelli made her debut for the Italian national team, but she was a late developer in sporting terms and begun to get good results at international level in 2010 at the age of 29. Despite reaching the semi-finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she has not succeeded in convincing the national federation to allow her to become a member of one of the Italian military sports bodies.^[3]

Progression

100 metres hurdles

Year	Performance	Venue	Date	World Ranking
2013	12.95	Bellinzona	11 June	21st
2012	12.85	Montgeron	13 May	41st
2011	13.01	Arzana	30 July	53rd
2011	13.01	Pergine Valsugana	23 July	53rd
2010	13.10	Bergen	20 June	56th
2009	13.42	Milan	1 August
2008	13.41	Rieti	10 August
2007	13.57	Loughborough	12 August

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2012	Olympic Games	London	SF	100 metres hs	DNF	^[4]
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin	1st	100 metres hs	12.98
2013	World Championships	Moscow	SF	100 metres hs	13.06

National titles

She has won 7 times the individual national championship.

1 win in the 60 metres hurdles indoor (2010)
4 wins in the 100 metres hurdles (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
2 wins in the 200 metres (2011, 2013)

References

^ "2011 European Team Championships - Hurdles Women Final - Combined result". sportresult.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Il doppio record di Abate e Caravelli" (in Italian). Fidal.it. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
^ "L'intervista a Marzia Caravelli: "ho accumulato rabbia e voglia di rivalsa..."" (in Italian). queenatletica.it. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ She ran in 13.01 in heat.

External links

Marzia Caravelli at World Athletics
Marzia Caravelli at Diamond League
Marzia Caravelli at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
Marzia Caravelli at Olympedia
Marzia Caravelli at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)

[1] "2011 European Team Championships - Hurdles Women Final - Combined result". sportresult.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.^{[dead link‍]}

[2] "Il doppio record di Abate e Caravelli" (in Italian). Fidal.it. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

[3] "L'intervista a Marzia Caravelli: "ho accumulato rabbia e voglia di rivalsa..."" (in Italian). queenatletica.it. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

[4] She ran in 13.01 in heat.

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