Elisa Cecchetti
{{Short description|Italian softball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Elisa Cecchetti
| image =
| team = Diablos Rojos del México
| number = 15
| position = Catcher
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|8|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bollate, Lombardy, Italy
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| highlights =
| teams =
- Diablos Rojos del México (2025–present)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's softball}}
{{Medal|Country|{{bb|ITA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Women's Softball European Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Rosmalen|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Ostrava|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Castions di Strada|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Utrecht|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Prague|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Bollate|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Sant Boi de Llobregat|Team}}
}}
Elisa Cecchetti (born 21 August 1995) is an Italian professional softball catcher for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican Softball League. She plays international softball for Italy and competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Early career
Cecchetti was born on 21 August 1995 in Bollate, Lombardy, Italy. She started practicing softball with her sister and cousins in the local softball club Bollate Softball 1969. She played and won several Italian titles with Bollate's U13, U15 and U21 teams. She made her Serie A1 Softball debut in 2011, aged 17.{{cite web|title=Elisa Cecchetti|url=https://www.fibs.it/en/person/136/7387/1/en|website=fibs.it|access-date=20 December 2024}}{{cite web|title=Elisa Cecchetti|url=https://www.bollatesoftball.it/dvteam/elisa-cecchetti/|website=bollatesoftball.it|date=15 August 2021|access-date=20 December 2024|language=it}}
After finishing high school, she emigrated to the United States, where she played college softball for four years. In 2016 and 2017 she played for the Tallahassee Community College and later transferred to the University of South Carolina Upstate, playing in 2018 and 2019 for the USC Upstate Spartans.{{cite web|first=Rory|last=Sharrock|title=Former TCC softball star Elisa Cecchetti perseveres injuries, pandemic to play as an Olympian with Italy|url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/2021/07/09/former-tcc-softball-star-elisa-cecchetti-perseveres-injuries-pandemic-become-olympian/7913642002/|website=Tallahassee Democrat|date=9 July 2021|access-date=20 December 2024}}{{cite web|title=Elisa Cecchetti - 2019 - Softball|url=https://upstatespartans.com/sports/softball/roster/elisa-cecchetti/2361|website=upstatespartans.com|access-date=20 December 2024}}
Professional career
On 27 November 2024, she was signed by the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican Softball League ahead of the 2025 season.{{cite web|title=LMS: Movimientos en listas de reserva - 27 de noviembre de 2024|url=https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/lms-movimientos-en-listas-de-reserva-27-de-noviembre-de-2024|website=MiLB.com|date=28 November 2024|access-date=20 December 2024|language=es}}{{cite web|first1=Nicolò|last1=Gatti|first2=Roberto|last2=Angotti|title=Five softball players from Italy compete in Mexican Softball League|url=https://www.fibs.it/en/news/cinque-giocatrici-di-italia-softball-prenderanno-parte-alla-liga-mexicana-de-softbol|website=fibs.it|date=3 December 2024|access-date=20 December 2024}}
International career
Cecchetti made her debut with the Italian national team during the 2013 ESF Women's Championship held in Prague, Czech Republic, where the Italian squad won the silver medal after the losing the final game against the Netherlands.{{cite web|title=European Championships Women Prague '13 Italy Team Roster|url=http://competition.europeansoftball.org/2013/prague/rosters.php?roster=ita|website=europeansoftball.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305214755/http://competition.europeansoftball.org/2013/prague/rosters.php?roster=ita|archive-date=5 March 2019|access-date=20 December 2024}} She was also part of the team that won the 2015 ESF Women's Championship held in Rosmalen, Netherlands.{{cite web|title=European Championships Women Rosmalen '15 Italy Team Roster|url=http://competition.europeansoftball.org/2015/rosmalen/rosters.php?roster=ita|website=europeansoftball.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817204838/http://competition.europeansoftball.org/2015/rosmalen/rosters.php?roster=ita|archive-date=17 August 2017|access-date=20 December 2024}} In 2017 she participated in the 2017 ESF Women's Championship held in Bollate, where Italy won the silver medal.{{cite web|title=European Championships Women Bollate '17 Italy Team Roster|url=http://competition.europeansoftball.org/2017/bollate/rosters.php?roster=ita|website=europeansoftball.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829130952/http://competition.europeansoftball.org/2017/bollate/rosters.php?roster=ita|archive-date=29 August 2017|access-date=20 December 2024}} She won the gold medal in the 2019 ESF Women's Championship held in Ostrava, Czech Republic and the 2021 ESF Women's Championship held in Italy.
She was part of the Italian team that competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) in Tokyo, Japan.
She recently competed in the 2022 Women's Softball European Championship held in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain, where the Italian squad won the bronze medal.{{cite web|first=Roberto|last=Angotti|title=Team Italy wins Women's European Softball Championship Bronze Medal and qualifies for WBSC World Cup|url=https://www.fibs.it/en/news/team-italy-wins-womens-european-softball-championship-bronze-medal-and-qualifies-for-world-cup|website=fibs.it|date=30 July 2022|access-date=20 December 2024}}
Personal life
Her sister Martina and cousins Greta and Lara are also softball players; Greta too represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=Olympian Greta Cecchetti reaches 2,000 strikeout milestone in Italian Softball League|url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/olympian-greta-cecchetti-reaches-2-000-strikeout-milestone-in-italian-softball-league|website=wbsc.org|date=15 April 2024|access-date=20 December 2024}}{{cite web|title=Elisa Cecchetti|url=https://tokyo2020.coni.it/en/italia-team/scheda_atleta/1856-ELISA_CECCHETTI.html|website=Olimpiadi Tokyo 2020 - Italia Team|access-date=20 December 2024}}
References
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Category:Diablos Rojos del México (softball) players
Category:Italian softball players
Category:Italian emigrants to the United States
Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Category:Junior college softball players in the United States
Category:Olympic softball players for Italy
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Milan
Category:Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics