Beatrice Colli
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| Full name | Beatrice Anna Colli | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bea | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 October 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Beatrice Anna Colli (born 10 October 2004) is an Italian competition speed climber. She represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]Colli competed at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships and won a gold medal in the speed event. She repeated as champion at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships, becoming the first Italian athlete to win consecutive championships at the World Climbing Youth Championship.[1]
In June 2023, she competed at the 2023 European Games and won a bronze medal in the speed event.[2]
She qualified to represent Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][4] She competed in the speed event and finished in ninth place. During the qualification elimination heats she set a personal best best time of 6.84 seconds.[5] On 11 September 2024, she underwent surgery on her left heel for Haglund's syndrome. She was diagnosed with the disease in 2020 and it prevented her from wearing conventional shoes and performing fundamental gestures in competition.[6]
In August 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Games in both the traditional speed single and speed single 4 events. During the speed single 4 qualification seeding heats she had the seventh fastest time of 7.09 seconds. She was eliminated in the quarterfinals.[7]
On 14 March 2026, during the first race of the 2026 Italian Cup, she set an Italian record time of 6.81 seconds.[8] In August 2026, she competed at the World Climbing Europe Championship and won a gold medal in the speed event with a new Italian record time of 6.45 seconds.[9] She defeated her idol and Olympic gold medalist Aleksandra Mirosław in the semifinals.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Olimpiadi di Parigi: Sylla, Pelacchi, Comini, Panizza e Colli faranno sognare Lecco". primalecco.it (in Italian). 24 July 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ Vitali, Giulio (22 June 2023). "Arrampicata sportiva, Giochi Europei 2023: Beatrice Colli bronzo nello speed!". oasport.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Beatrice Colli, Olimpiadi Parigi 2024 arrampicata sportiva". oasport.it (in Italian). 30 June 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "La scalata di Beatrice Colli, da Lecco alle Olimpiadi di Parigi: "Poche strutture, non so come ho fatto"". ilgiorno.it (in Italian). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Olimpiadi: Beatrice Colli fa il personale, ma è fuori dalla finale speed". leccotoday.it (in Italian). 5 August 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ Capasso, Gerry (12 September 2024). "Beatrice Colli, da Parigi 2024 all'operazione a Monaco per il morbo di Haglund: "E' stato un vero inferno"". sport.virgilio.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Beatrice Colli protagonista ai World Games di arrampicata in Cina". lecconotizie.com (in Italian). 16 August 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Arrampicata. Record italiano per Beatrice Colli nella prima gara del 2026". lecconotizie.com (in Italian). 15 March 2026. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Beatrice Colli oro europeo nello speed: vittoria a Laval". leccotoday.it (in Italian). 29 August 2026. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Beatrice Colli è campionessa europea di arrampicata Speed". corriere.it (in Italian). 3 September 2026. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
External links
[edit]- 2004 births
- Living people
- Speed climbers
- Italian competition climbers
- European Games bronze medalists for Italy
- European Games medalists in sport climbing
- Sport climbers at the 2023 European Games
- Medalists at the 2023 European Games
- Sport climbers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic sport climbers for Italy
- 21st-century Italian sportswomen