| Full Name | Lucrezia Ruggiero |
| Nation | Italy |
| Birthdate | June 7, 2000 |
| Olympics | 2024 |
| Status | Active |
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2024 Olympian in team… Two-time World Champion and three-time European Champion in the mixed duet event… Four-time World medalist overall (2G, 2S)… Six-time European medalist (3G, 3S)… Competed in three World Championships (2022, 2023, 2024) and two European Championships (2022, 2023)… Key member of the junior national team from 2016 – 2018… Also competed at the 2015 COMEN Cup.
2024: Placed eighth in team at the Olympic Games… Had also qualified for the duet event but had to withdraw because of illness… Finished fifth in technical team and free team, sixth in technical duet and acrobatic team, and seventh in free duet at the World Championships.
2023: Won silver in technical duet and technical team at the World Championships… Also placed sixth in free team and ninth in free duet there… At the European Games, won gold in technical mixed duet, and silver in free mixed duet, technical team and free team… Also placed eighth in technical duet and free duet… Competed at the Markham World Cup (1G) in free duet only… Became a key player in Italy’s women’s duet, team, and mixed duet routines.
2022: Became World and European Champion in both the technical and free mixed duet alongside Giorgio Minisini.
2021: Swam in mixed duet at the World Series Super Final in Barcelona… Had to withdraw from the European Championships at the last moment because of Covid-19 protocols.
2020: Did not compete internationally due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of all meets.
2019: Part of Italy’s “B” squad… Won silver in free combination at the European Cup… Also placed fourth in technical team and free team there… Named to the mixed duet in October.
2018: Member of the junior national team… Placed sixth in technical team, free team, and free combination at the World Junior Championships… Won bronze in free combination at the European Junior Championships… Also finished fourth in technical team and free team at that meet.
2017: Member of the junior national team… Won bronze in team at the European Junior Championships… Also placed fourth in free combination.