Lucilla Boari (born 24 March 1997) is an Italian recurve archer who has represented Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She has additionally competed for her country at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and the 2019 European Games, in which she won an individual gold and silver medal, respectively.
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| Born | 24 March 1997 Mantua, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
edit2016 Summer Olympics
editBoari secured two qualification spots for her country in the final world qualification tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics, delivering the shot that claimed victory over Chinese Taipei to give Italy a full Olympic berth of three archers. Boari was subsequently chosen as part of the Italian squad alongside fellow Olympic debutants Claudia Mandia and Guendalina Sartori in July 2016.[1]
At the Olympic Games the following month, Boari competed in the women's individual and women's team events. With teammates Mandia and Sartori, Boari successfully progressed to the semi-finals in the women's team competition, defeating the Brazilian and Chinese teams before losing to Russia. In the bronze medal match their opponents Chinese Taipei were too strong, and the Italian trio finished the competition in fourth place.[2] Boari was however much less successful in the individual tournament, and after placing seventh in the ranking round lost to Australia's Alice Ingley in the opening elimination round.[3]
2018–2019: Post-Olympics
editIn June 2018, Boari won gold medal in the women's individual event at the Mediterranean Games, defeating the Spain's Mónica Galisteo Cruz in the final.[4] The following year she competed in the European Games, where in the women's individual event she achieved the sixth seed in the 72-arrow ranking round before advancing through the elimination rounds to the gold medal final. She was defeated in the final by compatriot Tatiana Andreoli, earning the silver medal as runner-up.[5]
2020 Summer Olympics
editIn 2021, she won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's individual event.[6] At the same time, she came out as lesbian, revealing that Dutch archer Sanne de Laat is her girlfriend.[7]
References
edit- ^ Maitre Wicki, Ludivine (7 July 2016). "Archery Italy displays Olympic and Paralympic teams for Rio". World Archery Federation. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ Cassano, Michele (8 August 2016). "Tiro con l'arco, Olimpiadi 2016: Ital-donne, che peccato! Il podio era davvero vicino, ma il futuro è roseo" [Archery, 2016 Olympics: Italy women, what a pity! The podium was really close, but the future is bright]. OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ Zorowitz, Jane (8 October 2016). "Day 1 of the individual competition: Recap". NBC Olympics. NBC Universal. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Barker, Philip (24 June 2018). "Turkish teenager tastes archery success at Tarragona 2018 Mediterranean Games". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media Company. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Tiro con l'arco, European Games 2019: RAGAZZE D'ORO! Tatiana Andreoli e Lucilla Boari, è una finale tutta azzurra!" [Archery, European Games 2019: GOLDEN GIRLS! Tatiana Andreoli and Lucilla Boari, it's an all-blue final!]. OA Sports (in Italian). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Archery BOARI Lucilla". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ Vanetti, Flavio (30 July 2021). "Lucilla Boari alle Olimpiadi, chi è il bronzo storico nel tiro con l'arco (e quella vecchia polemica sulle "cicciottelle")" [Lucilla Boari at the Olympic games: who is the historical bronze medalist in archery (and that old controversy about "chubby women")]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
External links
edit- Lucilla Boari at World Archery
- Lucilla Boari at Olympics.com
- Lucilla Boari at Olympedia
- Lucilla Boari at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
