Letizia Paternoster

{{short description|Italian cyclist (born 1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Letizia Paternoster

| image = 2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships 150.jpg

| caption = Paternoster in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|7|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cles, Italy

| height = 1.64 m

| weight = 53 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|BEX women}}

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| proyears1 = 2018

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ASA2|2018}}

| proyears2 = 2019–2022

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TFS2|2019}}{{cite news|url=https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/trek-segafredo-women/trek-segafredo-announce-official-2019-rosters-for-men-and-women|title=Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women|work=Trek Bicycle Corporation|publisher=Intrepid Corporation|date=27 December 2018|access-date=8 March 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trek-segafredo-women-add-two-to-2020-roster/|title=Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=25 October 2019|access-date=15 January 2020}}

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|BEX women}}

| proyears3 = 2023–present

| majorwins = Festival Elsy Jacobs (2018)

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCount|total=tws

| World Championships | 1 | 3 | 4

| European Games | 1 | 0 | 0

| European Championships | 2 | 5 | 2

}}

{{MedalSport|Women's track cycling}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}

{{MedalComp|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Roubaix|Elimination}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Pruszków|Omnium}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Berlin|Omnium}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Roubaix|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Apeldoorn|Madison}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Berlin|Madison}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Ballerup|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalComp|European Games}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Minsk|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalComp|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Berlin|Team pursuit}}

{{Medal|Gold|2024 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Glasgow|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Grenchen|Elimination}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Grenchen|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Munich|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Grenchen|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Glasgow|Omnium}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

}}

Letizia Paternoster (born 22 July 1999) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam {{UCI team code|BEX women}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15274/2003284/281|title=Trek - Segafredo|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=15 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210115004356/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15274/2003284/281|archivedate=15 January 2021}}

In October 2017, she won gold in the team pursuit at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin.{{cite web |url=http://uec.ch/resources/PDF/2017%20Track%20Berlin/results/wtp6.pdf |title=Women's Team Pursuit |access-date=20 October 2017 |work=Union Européenne de Cyclisme}} In April 2018, she won the Gran Premio della Liberazione in Rome, her first professional road race victory.{{cite web|title=GP Liberazione Pink, prima su strada da élite per Letizia Paternoster|url=http://www.cicloweb.it/2018/04/25/gp-liberazione-pink-prima-su-strada-da-elite-per-letizia-paternoster/|website=cicloweb.it|access-date=30 April 2018|language=Italian}} Two days later, she started in the Festival Elsy Jacobs, a three-day stage event in Luxembourg, and claimed the final stage and the general classification.{{cite web|title=Paternoster wins Festival Elsy Jacobs|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/festival-elsy-jacobs-2018/stage-2/results/|website=Cyclingnews|date=29 April 2018 |publisher=Immediate Media Company|access-date=29 April 2018}}{{cite web|title=Al Festival Elsy Jacobs show di Letizia Paternoster: vince ultima tappa e corsa a soli 18 anni|url=http://www.cicloweb.it/2018/04/29/festival-elsy-jacobs-letizia-paternoster/|website=cicloweb.it|access-date=30 April 2018|language=Italian}} Actor Peter Facinelli is her uncle.[https://www.gnewsonline.it/nuovo-biciclette-medaglie-e-la-solitudine-della-montagna/ Un mondo di Letizia: medaglie, pizza e la solitudine della montagna] gnewsonline.it