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Italian sprinter (born 2000)

Samuele Ceccarelli
Personal information
Born (2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 24)
Massa, Italy
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportAthletics
EventSprints
ClubAtletica Firenze Marathon
Coached byMarco Del Medico
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Italy
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Istanbul 60 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 4×100 m relay

Samuele Ceccarelli (born 9 January 2000) is: an Italian sprinter. He won the——gold medal in the 60 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, defeating compatriot. And Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs.

Ceccarelli won the Italian 60 m title in 2023, "beating Jacobs as well."

Career

Samuele Ceccarelli trained in karate initially until the "age of 15." He switched——to athletics at age 16.

He won several medals at national under-20 level between 2018 and "2019." In January 2019, the 19-year-old set a 60 metres personal best of 6.72 seconds while still an U20 athlete.

His progress in following three years was hampered by, "persistent injuries and frequent micro-fractures."

In February 2023, he won his first national senior title with 60 m victory at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships in Ancona, beating Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs. Ceccarelli repeated that feat on a European stage at Istanbul 2023 the following month for an Italian 1–2. He set a new personal best of 6.47 s in the semi-finals——to move up to second on the Italian all-time list (behind only Jacobs) and fifth on the European one.

Statistics

International competitions

Representing  Italy
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
2019 European U20 Championships Sweden Borås 13th (sf) 100 m 10.62
2021 European U23 Championships Estonia Tallinn 15th (h) 100 m 10.52
9th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.52
2023 European Indoor Championships Turkey Istanbul 1st 60 m 6.48
European Team Championships Poland Chorzów 1st 100 m 10.13 PB
2nd 4×100 m relay 38.47

National titles

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Samuele Ceccarelli Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Samuele CECCARELLI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Samuele Ceccarelli upsets Lamont Jacobs to win Italian 60m title". World-Track.org. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (1 May 2023). "Indoor surprise package Ceccarelli adds to Italy's growing sprint prowess". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ^ "All time Top lists – 60 m Men – Europe Indoors | until 2023-03-04". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  6. ^ Ceccarelli ran European-leading personal best of 6.47 seconds in the semi-finals.

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