{{short description|Italian athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name =Elivia Ricci<br>married name Ballotta |image=Elivia Ricci 1966.jpg | image_size = |caption= | nationality = Italian | sport = Athletics | event = Discus throw<br>Shot put |birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|12|14}} |birth_place=Milan, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.70 m | weight = 68 kg |club= Imec Bergamo |pb=Discus: 52.99 m (1965) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}} {{MedalSilver|1959 Turin|Discus throw}} }} '''Elivia Ricci''' (later '''Ballotta''', born 14 December 1936) is a retired Italian discus thrower who won a silver medal at the 1959 Summer Universiade. She competed at the 1960 Olympics and finished in 15th place.
== Biography == Ricci won 14 national championships at senior level,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONESSE%20ITALIANE.pdf|title=CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – DONNE TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE – 1923-2016|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref>
At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Ricci represented Italy in the discus throw competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71803 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>
Ricci married former Italian pole vaulter Edmondo Ballotta and competed under her married name thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asaibrunobonomelli.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=754%3Aconsolini-a-lugano&catid=3%3Anewsflash&Itemid=127&lang=en|title=Gli anni ticinesi di Adolfo Consolini, troppo vecchio per lo sport italiano, emigrante in Svizzera|quote= La lanciatrice bergamasca, moglie del piacentino Edmondo Ballotta, ottimo saltatore con l'asta (4.35) qualche anno prima|publisher=asaibrunobonomelli.it|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref>
Ballotta won the British WAAA Championships title in the discus throw event at the 1965 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19650704/689/0024 |title=Results |work=Sunday Express |date=4 July 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription| access-date=1 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=1 March 2025 }}</ref>
== National titles == *shot put: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 (5) *discus throw: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 (9)
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{{Italian Athletics Champions in women's shot put}} {{Italian Athletics Champions in women's discus throw}} {{Footer Italy athletics team at the 1960 Summer Olympics}} {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ricci, Elivia}} Category:1936 births Category:Living people Category:Italian women discus throwers Category:Olympic athletes for Italy Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Category:Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy Category:Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade Category:Italian Athletics Championships winners Category:20th-century Italian sportswomen