In 2017, Maria Ludovica Costa took part in the Junior Rowing World Championships for the first time in her career . In Trakai , she was part of the crew of the quadruple at the 2017 Junior Rowing World Championships . In addition to her, Sofia Tanghetti , Laura Pagnoncelli and Greta Martinelli were also part of the crew. Together they could not qualify for the A final and had to start in the B final, in which they took third place behind the two boats from the Czech Republic and Russia. In the final statement, they took ninth place. In the following year, Maria Ludovica Costa took part in the 2018 Junior Rowing World Championships and started in double sculls with Ilaria Corazza . They missed the qualification for the A-final and finished the B-final in sixth and last place. In the end, they finished twelfth overall.
In 2019 Maria Ludovica Costa started at the U23 World Rowing Championships for the first time and, together with Sofia Tanghetti, formed the lightweight two-man without helmsman at the U23 World Rowing Championships 2019 , which will be held in the United States near Sarasota and Bradenton was fought . After they only finished fifth and last in the test race, they were able to improve in the actual final and won the U23 world championship title in front of the US and German boats. As newly crowned U23 world champions they took in Linz together at the World Rowing Championships in 2019 in part. After taking second place behind the US boat in the test race, the two also secured second place in the A final behind the US boat consisting of Margaret Bertasi and Cara Stawicki and thus the silver medal in front of the German boat from Janika Kölblin and Marie-Christine Gerhardt .