Federica Del Buono (born 12 December 1994) is an Italian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who competes mainly in track events. She was the bronze medallist in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

at the

European Athletics Indoor Championships The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games, ...

in 2015. Her parents Gianni Del Buono and Rossella Gramola were also two middle-distance runners.

Biography

Born in

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

, Del Buono began training with her mother as coach and became a member of the

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sports club. Early in her life, she was more interested in

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, but began taking part in

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in seriousness around 2011. She soon rose to prominence nationally and competed in the heats of the

at the

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 ...

. Del Buono also ran over 4 km at the

2012 European Cross Country Championships The 2012 European Cross Country Championships was the 19th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Szentendre, Hungary on 9 December. Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the countr ...

, finishing 40th overall.

Career

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 The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12 and 17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954. Great Britain headed the medal table, w ...

. She competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, in the

1500 m The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. 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. A fourth place in senior competition followed at the 2014 European Team Championships Super League. She went on to be selected for the 1500 m at the

, where she placed fifth in a personal best of 4:07.49 minutes. She won her first national title in the 1500 m at that year's

Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, wa ...

.Federica Del Buono

FIDAL The Italian Athletics Federation (Italian: ''Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera'', FIDAL), is the governing body for athletics in Italy since 1906. The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of '' La Gazzetta dello S ...

. Retrieved on 2015-03-09. The twenty-year-old Del Buono won her first senior medal at the

2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 5 to 8 March 2015 in the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. Bidding process Prague was chosen as the host of the Championships on the European Athletics council meeting in Sofia, B ...

. Competing over her specialty 1500 m, she took a clear third place for the bronze medal with a run of 4:11.61 minutes.Atletica, Euroindoor: Chesani un altro argento nell'alto. Del Buono di bronzo nei 1500
. ''La Gazetta Della Sport'' (2015-03-08). Retrieved on 2015-03-09.

Personal bests

;Outdoor *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

– 2:00.58 (2014) *

– 4:03.45 (2022) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 9:01.38 (2014) ;Indoor *

– 4:08.87 (2015) *

– 9:01.19 (2015) *All information from IAAF.

Achievements

National titles

: 2014

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buono, Federica Del Living people 1994 births Italian female middle-distance runners Sportspeople from Vicenza Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy 21st-century Italian women 21st-century Italian people Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Italian Athletics Championships winners