Adelaide Aquilla

Adelaide Aquilla ( ; born March 3, 1999) She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She grew up in Rocky River, Ohio, and has two younger brothers, Jonas and Ambrose.

Aquilla graduated from Magnificat High School in 2017. She then attended Ohio State University, where she double majored in communications and hospitality management and was a walk-on for the Buckeyes track team.

Career Aquilla was a 2019 NCAA outdoor qualifier in the shot put and finished 12th with a personal best outdoor toss of to earn second-team All-America honors. In 2021 she was successful in defending the title of Big Ten Conference indoor shot put champion, winning at the 2020 meet with a personal best toss of , and in 2021 she set another personal best with a throw of . She was a 2020 NCAA indoor All-American in the shot with the nation's third-longest throw. In 2021 Aquilla won both indoor and outdoor NCAA titles and she was named Ohio State's female athlete of the year alongside Justin Fields as her male counterpart.

At the U.S. Olympic Trials in June 2021, Aquilla finished third with a throw of , securing a place at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics behind Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey. She placed 20th at the Olympics with a throw of .

In November 2023, Aquilla won a bronze medal in the shot put at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.

She finished sixth in shot put at the 2024 Diamond League event in Rabat.

On 25 July, she placed third in the shot put at the 2026 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in New York.

Competition history All results are from World Athletics.

International competitions

National competitions

NCAA titles

Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Shot put: 2021, 2023 Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Shot put: 2021, 2022