| Honorific suffix | OLY |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Adelaide Aquilla |
| Birth date | March 3, 1999 (age 27) |
| Birth place | Westlake, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Sport | Athletics (track and field) |
| Event | |
| Universityteam | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| Highestranking | 10th (shot put, 2023) |
| Pb |
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| Show-medals | yes |
Adelaide Aquilla (/ædɛleɪdəˈkwɪlə/ A-deh-layd-_-ə-KWIL-ə; born March 3, 1999)[1][2] is an American track and field athlete who competes in shot put.[1] She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3]
Early life and education
Aquilla was born in Westlake, Ohio, to Tracy and Jared Aquilla.[3] She grew up in Rocky River, Ohio, and has two younger brothers, Jonas and Ambrose.[2]
Aquilla graduated from Magnificat High School in 2017.[4] She then attended Ohio State University, where she double majored in communications and hospitality management and was a walk-on for the Buckeyes track team.[4] She was coached by Ashley Kovacs, wife of Olympic shot putter Joe Kovacs.[5]
Career
Aquilla was a 2019 NCAA outdoor qualifier in the shot put and finished 12th with a personal best outdoor toss of to earn second-team All-America honors. In 2021 she was successful in defending the title of Big Ten Conference indoor shot put champion, winning at the 2020 meet with a personal best toss of , and in 2021 she set another personal best with a throw of . She was a 2020 NCAA indoor All-American in the shot with the nation's third-longest throw. In 2021 Aquilla won both indoor and outdoor NCAA titles and she was named Ohio State's female athlete of the year alongside Justin Fields as her male counterpart.[6][7][8]
At the U.S. Olympic Trials in June 2021, Aquilla finished third with a throw of , securing a place at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics behind Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey.[9] She placed 20th at the Olympics with a throw of .[1]
Aquilla won additional NCAA championships at the Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2022 and the Indoor Track and Field Championships in 2023, setting a collegiate record with a throw of in the former.[10]
In November 2023, Aquilla won a bronze medal in the shot put at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[11]
She finished sixth in shot put at the 2024 Diamond League event in Rabat.[12]
Competition history
All results are from World Athletics.
International competitions
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 20th | Shot put | ||
| 2023 | Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | Shot put |
National competitions
| 2021 | United States Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 3rd | Shot put | ||
| 2022 | USA Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 2nd | Shot put | ||
| 2023 | USA Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 2nd | Shot put | ||
| 2024 | USA Indoor Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 3rd | Shot put | ||
| United States Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 4th | Shot put | |||
| 2025 | USA Indoor Championships | Staten Island, New York | 5th | Shot put |
NCAA titles
- Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
- Shot put: 2021, 2023
- Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- Shot put: 2021, 2022 ()
References
- ^ "Adelaide AQUILLA | Profile". worldathletics.org
- ^ "Adelaide Aquilla - 2023 - Women's Track & Field". Ohio State. 2023. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "Adelaide Aquilla Bet On Herself, And Ohio State Helped Her Make The Big Leap To The Olympics". www.teamusa.com. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "Rocky River native and OSU shot put star secures spot on U.S. Olympic track and field team". News 5 Cleveland WEWS. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Andrew Lind (June 25, 2021). "Ohio State Shot Putter Adelaide Aquilla Qualifies For Tokyo Olympics". si.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Adelaide Aquilla". Ohio State Buckeyes. May 21, 2018.
- ^ Lind, Andrew (June 11, 2021). "Ohio State Shot Putter Adelaide Aquilla Wins NCAA Outdoor National Championship". Sports Illustrated
- ^ "Justin Fields, Adelaide Aquilla Named Ohio State's Athletes Of The Year | Sports Illustrated". www.si.com
- ^ "U.S. Track & Field Trials Day 7: Live updates, results, highlights | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Ohio State's Adelaide Aquilla sets program record, wins 4th NCAA championship in shot put"
- ^ Salguero, David Rubio (November 3, 2023). "Spectacular day of athletics at the Panam Games with Marileidy Paulino and Renan Correa as the main protagonists". Insidethegames. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.