University of Miami Athletics

Chiara Pellacani

position

Diver

Class

Redshirt Junior

Hometown

Rome, Italy

High School

Istituto San Cuono

Previous School

LSU

Chiara Pellacani - Swimming & Diving - University of Miami Athletics

Career Honors & Accolades

  • 2025 NCAA National Champion (1-meter)
  • 2025 CSCAA Diver of the Year
  • 2025 ACC Women’s Diver of the Year
  • 2025 NCAA All-America (1-meter, 3-meter)
  • 2025 ACC gold medalist (3-meter)
  • 2025 ACC silver medalist (1-meter)
  • Italian Olympic diver (2021 Olympic Games [Tokyo], 2024 Olympics [Paris])
Redshirt Junior (2024-25)
  • Delivered dominant first season of competition at Miami, earning NCAA national championship on 1-meter springboard with score of 354.65
  • Named CSCAA Diver of the Year after becoming 17th Hurricane diver to win NCAA national championship
  • Named ACC Women’s Diver of the Year
  • One of four finalists for the Class of 2025 Honda Sport Award for Swimming & Diving
  • Finished as national runner-up in 3-meter, earning NCAA All-America honors on both springboard events
  • Posted score of 387.60 on 3-meter, finishing less than three points behind NCAA national championship-winning score (389.40)
  • Captured 2025 ACC Championship on 3-meter, ending event with score of 403.15 to take top honors
  • Finished as ACC bronze medal winner on 1-meter
Junior (2023-24)
  • Did not compete in any meets during season, taking Olympic redshirt year.
Before Miami
  • Spent first two years of career at LSU, where she captured four SEC medals (two silver, two bronze)
  • Was named SEC Freshman Diver of the Year in 2021-2022
  • Joined LSU swimming and diving team for Spring 2022 semester and swept springboard events during her first chance to compete against Texas A&M; she had a 350.70 on three-meter and 315.45 on one-meter
  • At SEC Championships, claimed two silvers on three-meter and one-meter; on three-meter she finished in second place with a final score of 356.35 and on one-meter, finished with a score of 316.70
  • At NCAA Championships, placed 20th on one-meter with a final score of 284.30 and 37th on three-meter with a final score of 278.55.
Personal
  • Accomplished international diver representing her native Italy
  • Won gold medal in 3m synchro springboard competition at 2018 European Aquatics Championships
  • At 2020 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, won five medals, of which one was gold.