Lucrezia Ruggiero

Lucrezia Ruggiero

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24)[1] Rome, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Artistic swimming
Club	Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro
Partner	Giorgio Minisini
Medal record Women's artistic swimming Representing  Italy Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 2 2 0 European Championships 2 0 0 European Games 1 3 1 Artistic Swimming World Series 0 1 0 Artistic Swimming World Cup 1 0 0 Total 6 6 1 World Championships 2022 Budapest Mixed duet free routine 2022 Budapest Mixed duet technical routine 2023 Fukuoka Duet technical routine 2023 Fukuoka Team technical routine European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed duet technical routine 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team free routine 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Mixed duet free routine 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team technical routine 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team acrobatic routine European Championships 2022 Rome Mixed duet free routine 2022 Rome Mixed duet technical routine

Lucrezia Ruggiero (born 7 June 2000) is an Italian artistic swimmer. She won one gold medal each at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in the mixed duet technical routine and the mixed duet free routine. At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, she won gold medals in the mixed duet technical routine and the mixed duet free routine.

Background

Ruggiero was born 7 June 2000 in Rome, Italy, where she trains and competes for sports club Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.^[1] She has been training with her professional artistic swimming partner for mixed duet events, Giorgio Minisini, since 2019.^[2]

Career

2021 Artistic Swimming World Series

At the 2021 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series leg held in June in Barcelona, Spain, Ruggiero and her partner Giorgio Minisini won the silver medal in the mixed duet free routine with a score of 88.6332 points.^[3] For their performance, the duo chose to choreograph their routine to the song "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin.^[4]

2022 World Aquatics Championships

2022 World Championships
	mixed duet technical routine	89.2685
	mixed duet free routine	90.9667

On the second day of artistic swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, contested in June in Budapest, Hungary, Ruggiero and her partner Giorgio Minisini scored 88.5734 points in the preliminaries of the mixed duet technical routine to qualify for the final ranking first.^[5][6] Day four, 20 June, the duo won the gold medal with a score of 89.2685 points, finishing 2.6746 points ahead of silver medalists Tomoka Sato and Yotaro Sato of Japan and 2.8260 points ahead of bronze medalists Shi Haoyu and Zhang Yiyao of China.^[7][2][8][9] Four days later, in the preliminaries of the mixed duet free routine, she and Minisini advanced to the final with a score of 90.5000 points.^[10] The following day, 25 June, they won the gold medal with a score of 90.9667 points and choreography to music by Italian band Måneskin in the theme of "Risorgimento".^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

2022 European Aquatics Championships

For her first of two events at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome in August, Ruggiero and her partner Giorgio Minisini won the gold medal in the mixed duet free routine with a score of 89.7333 points, placing over four points ahead of silver medalists Pau Ribes and Emma García of Spain.^[16][17][18] In her second event, she and Giorgio Minisini won the gold medal in the mixed duet technical routine, this time outscoring the Spaniards Pau Ribes and Emma García by over five points with a final mark of 89.3679 points.^[19][20][21]

2023 Artistic Swimming World Cup

For the stop of the 2023 Artistic Swimming World Cup held in March in Markham, Canada, Ruggiero and her partner Linda Cerruti won the gold medal in the women's duet free routine with a final mark of 321.2667 points, outscoring the silver medalists from Ukraine by over 25 points and the bronze medalists from Israel by over 35 points.^[22][23]

International championships

Meet	mixed duet technical routine	mixed duet free routine
WC 2022	(89.2685)	(90.9667)
EC 2022	(89.3679)	(89.7333)

See also

• Italy at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

References

1. "Lucrezia Ruggiero" (in Italian). Italian Swimming Federation. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
2. "Dal sincro un oro e un bronzo per I'talia" (in Italian). ANSA. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
3. "FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2021 – Super Final – Leg 1: Results Mixed Duet Free". FINA. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
4. "World Series. Minisini-Ruggiero secondi nel libero del mixed" (in Italian). Italian Swimming Federation. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
5. FINA (18 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Technical Preliminary Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
6. OA Sport (18 June 2022). "Sincronizzato: Lucrezia Ruggiero e Giorgio Minisini nettamente primi dopo il duo tecnico al Mondiali di Budapest" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
7. FINA (20 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Technical Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
8. "Mondiali di nuoto, Minisini e Ruggiero medaglia d'oro nel sincro: «Nessuno avrebbe potuto fermarci»" (in Italian). Il Mattino. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
9. "Mondiali Budapest, Giorgio Minisini e Lucrezia Ruggiero oro nel duo misto del sincro. E dal libero combinato arriva il bronzo" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
10. FINA (24 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Free Preliminary Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
11. Arcobelli, Stefano (25 June 2022). "Ruggiero-Minisini un oro che luccica. E per Giorgio è triplette mondiale" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
12. Croes, Maureen (25 June 2022). "Italy and Ukraine win last two gold medals; Italy overall winner". FINA. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
13. "Minisini e Ruggiero nella storia: oro anche nel 'libero'" (in Italian). Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
14. "Minisini-Ruggiero, oro nel duo libero misto. Italia d'argento nell'esercizio highlight" (in Italian). Sky Sport. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
15. "Swimming, artistic swimming wave goodbye on day 8 of Budapest worlds". China Internet Information Center. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
16. LEN (13 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Mixed Duet Free Routine". Microplus. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
17. Fumagalli, Davide (13 August 2022). "Nuoto artistico, Europei: Minisini ancora d'oro! Trionfo con Lucrezia Ruggiero nel duo misto libero" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
18. "Europei nuoto, oro all'Italia nel sincro con Minisini-Ruggiero. Bronzo con Cerruti-Ferro" (in Italian). Leggo. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
19. LEN (15 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Mixed Duet Technical Final". Microplus. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
20. "Giorgio Minisini, ecco il quarto oro: vince di nuovo con Lucrezia Ruggiero, campioni Europei nel duo misto tecnico" (in Italian). Eurosport. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
21. "Minisini-Ruggiero d'oro anche nel duo tecnico" (in Italian). San Marino RTV. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
22. "World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup – Markham 2023: Results Women Duet Free". World Aquatics. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
23. OA Sport (18 March 2023). "Nuoto artistico, Coppa del Mondo 2023: Cerruti-Ruggiero trionfano nel duo libero femminile" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

External links

• Lucrezia Ruggiero at World Aquatics
• Lucrezia Ruggiero at Olympics.com
• Lucrezia Ruggiero at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Lucrezia Ruggiero at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Lucrezia Ruggiero – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)
• Lucrezia Ruggiero on Instagram