Chiara Pellacani Season 2023-24

PositionDiver

ClassRedshirt Senior

HometownRome, Italy

Previous SchoolLSU

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

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.

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.

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