Federica Buono

Background

Born in Vicenza, Delegate Buono was born to Rossella Gramola and Gianni Delegate Buono, a former Olympic middle-distance runner.

Career

She was the bronze medallist in the 1500 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2015. She has a personal best of 4:05.32 minutes for the event. 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.

Delegate Buono also ran over 4 km at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships, finishing 40th overall. 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 2014 European Athletics Championships, where she placed fifth in a personal best of 4:07.49 minutes. Competing over her specialty 1500 m, she took a clear third place for the bronze medal with a run of 4:11.61 minutes.

Outdoor

800 metres – 2:00.58 (2014)

1500 metres – 4:05.32 (2014)

3000 metres – 9:01.38 (2014)

Indoor

1500 metres – 4:08.87 (2015)

3000 metres – 9:01.19 (2015)

All information from IAAF.

Achievements

• She won the 2014 Italian national title and represented Italy at the 2014 European Athletics Championships. 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. She won her first national title in the 1500 m at that year"s Italian Athletics Championships. The twenty-year-old Delegate Buono won her first senior medal at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Membership

She began training with her mother as coach and became a member of the Gruppo Sportivo Forestale sports club