Diego Nappi

Diego Nappi

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(2007-08-10) 10 August 2007 (age 18)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60m: 6.80 (Ancona, 2025) 100m: 12.00 (Lucca, 2025) 200m: 20.76 (Tampere, 2025)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Italy European U20 Championships 2025 Tampere 200 m European U18 Championships 2024 Banska Bystrica 200 m

Diego Nappi (born 10 August 2007) is an Italian sprinter. He won the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships and 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships titles over 200 metres. ^[1]

Career

From Sardinia, he is a member of Porto Torres AC. ^[2] He ran a personal best 20.79 seconds for the 200 metres in Molfetta in July 2024, bettering the Italian U18 record held previously by Filippo Tortu. ^[3] He was a gold medalist over 200 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banska Bystrica, in 20.81 seconds, a championship record. ^{[4] [5]}

In August 2025, he won the gold medal over 200 metres for the Italian team at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, winning ahead of Pedro Afonso of Portugal with 20.77 into a strong headwind (-2.9). ^[6] This came after he won his heat in 20.95 seconds (+0.01) and his semi-final in a personal best 20.76 seconds (+1.9). ^{[7] [8] [9]}

References

1. "Diego Nappi". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
2. "Athletics, Diego Nappi shines on the 200 in Sassari". Unionesarda.it. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
3. "Diego Nappi: "I'll also reach 100m in 2025, Los Angeles 2028 is a goal. I'm inspired by Tortu."". Oapsport. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
4. "Italian and Polish doubles and four championship bests in the sprints in Banska Bystrica". European Athletics. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
5. "Nappi sul tetto d'Europa, Frattaroli sesta". Fidal.it. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
6. "Italy's Nappi and Germany's Mokobe take 200m titles". European Athletics. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
7. Mills, Steven (28 Jul 2025). "Italy selects star-studded team of 91 athletes for Tampere 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
8. "Italian sprint stars speed through 200m heats". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
9. "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.