Valentina Rosamilia

Valentina Rosamilia
Competing at the 2024 Olympic Games
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (2003-01-27) 27 January 2003
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle distance
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800 m: 1:58.16 (Birmingham, 2026)
Indoor
800 m: 1:59.81 (St Gallen, 2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Switzerland
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Nairobi800 m
European U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 Tallinn800 m

Valentina Rosamilia (born 27 January 2003) is a Swiss middle-distance runner. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Biography

She is a member of BTV Aarau athletics club.[2] She won Swiss junior indoor titles over 400 metres and 1500 metres in 2019.[3] In July 2019 she won silver in the 800 metres at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku.[4] At the same event she won a bronze in the medley relay.[5] In February 2020, she retained her Swiss junior indoor titles over 400 metres and 1500 metres.[3]

In July 2021, she won the bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[6] In August 2021, she was a silver medalist at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya over 800 metres.[7]

In March 2023, she competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.[8] She set a new personal best of 2:00.98 in qualifying for the semi final of the 800 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[9] She ran a lifetime best of 1:58.69 in finishing third in Winterthur at the Swiss Athletics Championships in June 2024.[10] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, where she reached the semi-finals.[11]

She was considered for a place on the Swiss team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan but had to withdraw for health reasons.[12]

After returning to fitness she opened 2026 with an indoor personal best of 2:00.78 for the 800 metres in Ostrava on 3 February 2026, before lowering it again to 1:59.90 finishing runner-up to Femke Bol in Metz on 6 February.[13][14] She was second to Audrey Werro at the Swiss Indoor Championships over 800 metres on 1 March 2026, running 1:59.81 in the final.[15] Rosamilia reached the semi-finals of the 800 m at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[16][17] In May, she competed in Poland again and ran the 800 metres in 2:00.73 to win at the Irena Szewińska Memorial.[18] Competing at the European Championships in August, in Birmingham, England, she was a finalist in the 800 metres, having ran a personal best of 1:58.16 in the semi-final, prior to placing seventh overall in the final.[19][20] Competing in the Diamond League at the 2026 Athletissima in Lausanne, Switzerland on 21 August 2026, she placed fifth with 1:58.93.[21]

Personal life

She is from Hunzenschwil in the canton of Aargau.[3] In 2024, she was accepted as a member of the Swiss military, having been selected from a wider pool of volunteers for a four-year period service.[22] She had to delay the commencement of her time in the military after being selected for the 2024 Olympic Games.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Valentina Rosamilla". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "A touch of the Olympics at the Junior Swiss Championships in Langenthal". Swiss-athletics.ch (in German). 15 August 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Salathe, Philip (February 23, 2020). "«Junior Indoor Swiss Championships» - Valentina Rosamilia is double Swiss champion". Tagblatt.ch (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Valentina Rosamilia décroche l'argent au FOJE !" [Valentina Rosamilia wins silver at the EYOF!]. Swiss-Athletics (in French). July 24, 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Baranzini, Fabio (21 August 2021). "Valentina Rosamilia, die Aargauer Leichtathletin mit "Weltklasse-Potenzial"" [Valentina Rosamilia, the Aargau athlete with "world-class potential"]. aargauersport.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Zweimal Gold und einmal Bronze für die Schweiz in Tallinn" [Two golds and one bronze for Switzerland in Tallinn]. Swiss-Athletics (in German). 17 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Valentina Rosamilia gewinnt in Nairobi WM-Silber!" [Valentina Rosamilia wins World Championship silver in Nairobi!]. swiss-athletics (in German). 21 August 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Drei weitere Schweizer Plätze in den Halbfinals und zwei persönliche Bestleistungen von Giger und Rosamilia" [Three more Swiss places in the semifinals and two personal bests from Giger and Rosamilia]. Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "National championships roundup - Big vaults for Caudery and Karalis". European-Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Swiss World Championship team comprises 31 athletes". Bluewin.ch. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Czech Indoor Gala: World Leads, European Record and Nine Meeting Marks Fall in Sold-Out Ostrava". Watch Athletics. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
  14. ↑ Henderson, Jason (8 Feb 2026). "DUTCH RECORD OF 1:59.07 FOR FEMKE BOL ON 800M DEBUT". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 Feb 2026.
  15. ↑ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "SMOOTH START TO WORLD INDOORS CAMPAIGN FOR KEELY HODGKINSON". Athletics Weekly. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  18. ↑ "Britt and Kozák clinch hurdles wins as records fall in Bydgoszcz". World Athletics. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  19. ↑ Henderson, Jason (13 August 2026). "AUDREY WERRO REINSTATED AFTER DRAMATIC FALL AS KEELY HODGKINSON CRUISES INTO 800M FINAL". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 14 August 2026. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  21. ↑ "Results - Lausanne Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 21 August 2026. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  22. ↑ Kuchta, Marcel (17 Jan 2025). "Vier Jahre Zeitmilitär: Valentina Rosamilia gehört zu einem erlauchten Kreis – ein Geschenk oder doch eine Bürde?". zofingertagblatt.ch (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  23. ↑ "Aargau Olympic participant Valentina Rosamilia: "Now I have to wait longer voluntarily – that's a bit annoying."". Badenertagblatt.ch (in German). July 9, 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
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