Letizia Paternoster

Letizia Paternoster
Personal information
Born (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999
Cles, Italy
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Team information
Current teamLiv AlUla Jayco
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2018Astana
2019–2022Trek–Segafredo
2023–presentLiv AlUla Jayco
Major wins
Festival Elsy Jacobs (2018)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 3 4
European Games 1 0 0
European Championships 2 5 2
Total 4 8 6
Women's track cycling
Representing  Italy
World Championships
2021 Roubaix Elimination
2019 Pruszków Omnium
2020 Berlin Omnium
2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
2018 Apeldoorn Madison
2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
2020 Berlin Madison
2024 Ballerup Team pursuit
European Games
2019 Minsk Team pursuit
European Championships
2017 Berlin Team pursuit
2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
2021 Grenchen Elimination
2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
2022 Munich Team pursuit
2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
2018 Glasgow Omnium
2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
2026 Konya Team pursuit

Letizia Paternoster (born 22 July 1999) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Liv AlUla Jayco.

In October 2017, she won gold in the team pursuit at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin. In April 2018, she won the Gran Premio della Liberazione in Rome, her first professional road race victory. 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. Actor Peter Facinelli is her uncle.