Federica Del Buono
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 Del Buono at the 2015 Campaccio race. | |||||||||
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| National team | Italy (4 caps) | ||||||||
| Born | 12 December 1994 Vicenza, Veneto, Italy | ||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||
| Club | C.S. Carabinieri | ||||||||
| Coached by | Rossella Gramola[1] | ||||||||
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| Personal bests |
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Medal record
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Federica Del Buono (born 12 December 1994) is an Italian middle-distance runner who competes mainly in track events. She was the bronze medallist in the 1500 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2015. She has a personal best of 4:03.45 minutes for the event. She won the 2014 Italian national title and represented Italy at the 2014 European Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the 1500 m.[2]
Her parents Gianni Del Buono and Rossella Gramola were also two middle-distance runners.[3]
Career[edit]
Born in Vicenza, Del Buono began training with her mother as coach and became a member of the Gruppo Sportivo Forestale sports club. Early in her life, she was more interested in dance, but began taking part in athletics in seriousness around 2011. She soon rose to prominence nationally and competed in the heats of the 1500 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[4] Del Buono also ran over 4 km at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships, finishing 40th overall.[5]
She won her first international medal at the inaugural 1500 m at the 2014 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships, beating Olympic medallist Gamze Bulut to the gold medal.[6] A fourth place in senior competition followed at the 2014 European Team Championships Super League.[7] She went on to be selected for the 1500 m at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, where she placed fifth in a personal best of 4:07.49 minutes.[8] She won her first national title in the 1500 m at that year's Italian Athletics Championships.[9]
The twenty-year-old Del Buono won her first senior medal at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Competing over her specialty 1500 m, she took a clear third place for the bronze medal with a run of 4:11.61 minutes.[10]
Personal bests[edit]
- Outdoor
- 800 metres – 2:00.58 (2014)
- 1500 metres – 4:03.45 (2022)
- 3000 metres – 9:01.38 (2014)
- Indoor
- 1500 metres – 4:08.87 (2015)
- 3000 metres – 9:01.19 (2015)
- All information from IAAF.
Achievements[edit]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 27th (heats) | 1500 m | 4:28.66 |
| 2014 | Mediterranean U23 Championships | Aubagne, France | 1st | 1500 m | 4:14.20 |
| European Team Championships | Braunschweig, Germany | 4th | 1500 m | 4:16.01 | |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 5th | 1500 m | 4:07.49 | |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:11.61 |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 12th (h) | 1500 m | 4:12.79 |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 29th (h) | 1500 m | 4:07.70 | |
| 2022 | Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:13.09 |
| World Championships | Eugene, United States | 28th (h) | 1500 m | 4:08.42 | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 23rd (h) | 1500 m | 4:08.14 | |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 19th (h) | 1500 m | 4:23.59 |
National titles[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Federica Del Buono - Profile" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Athletics del BUONO Federica". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Atletica, storie di famiglia" (in Italian). fidal.it. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Federica Del Buono Honours. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-09.
- ^ 19th SPAR European Cross Country Championships Budapest HUN 9 December Cross country Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2012). Retrieved on 2015-03-09.
- ^ Del Buono impresa d'oro ad Aubagne (in Italian). FIDAL (2014-06-15). Retrieved on 2015-03-09.
- ^ 2014 European Team Championships Results Archived February 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-09.
- ^ 2014 European Championships Women's 1500 metres final Archived 2017-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-09.
- ^ Federica Del Buono. FIDAL. Retrieved on 2015-03-09.
- ^ Atletica, Euroindoor: Chesani un altro argento nell'alto. Del Buono di bronzo nei 1500 (in Italian). La Gazetta Della Sport (2015-03-08). Retrieved on 2015-03-09.
External links[edit]
- Federica Del Buono at World Athletics
- Federica Del Buono at Diamond League
- Federica Del Buono at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Federica Del Buono at Olympedia
- Federica Del Buono at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
