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Botter to Represent Bruins, Italy at World University Games
July 26, 2023 | Track & Field
LOS ANGELES โ Federica Botter heads to Chengdu, China, to compete in the women's javelin throw at the 2023 FISU World University Games from July 28 โ August 8, 2023. She will compete for the Italian National Team at the international competition.
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Botter is coming off an eighth-place finish the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, earlier this summer. The thrower recorded a mark of 53.72m to place top eight and finished as the top Italian thrower in the event.
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During the 2023 outdoor season, Botter placed seventh in the javelin event at the NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, throwing 55.79m (183-0) in the final. Botter earned First Team All-America with the result. She broke a 25-year drought for UCLA, becoming the first female Bruin javelin thrower to receive All-American honors since Suzy Powell in 1998.
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The Bruin also claimed the Pac-12 individual title in the women's event at the Conference Championships in May. Botter launched a javelin 57.81m (189-08) in the finals of the women's event on the first day of the 2023 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships in Walnut, Calif., at Hilmer Lodge Stadium. Botter shattered her previous school record (53.57m, 175-09), and the second-place javelin thrower was nearly four meters short of the top spot. She holds the top mark in UCLA school history.
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Botter is coming off an eighth-place finish the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, earlier this summer. The thrower recorded a mark of 53.72m to place top eight and finished as the top Italian thrower in the event.
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During the 2023 outdoor season, Botter placed seventh in the javelin event at the NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, throwing 55.79m (183-0) in the final. Botter earned First Team All-America with the result. She broke a 25-year drought for UCLA, becoming the first female Bruin javelin thrower to receive All-American honors since Suzy Powell in 1998.
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The Bruin also claimed the Pac-12 individual title in the women's event at the Conference Championships in May. Botter launched a javelin 57.81m (189-08) in the finals of the women's event on the first day of the 2023 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships in Walnut, Calif., at Hilmer Lodge Stadium. Botter shattered her previous school record (53.57m, 175-09), and the second-place javelin thrower was nearly four meters short of the top spot. She holds the top mark in UCLA school history.
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