Ivan Pelizza

Ivan Pelizza

Personal information
Born	(2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best	800 m: 1:44.53 (2025)

Ivan Pelizza (born 17 December 2000) is a Swiss middle-distance runner. He was the Swiss national indoor champion over 800 metres in 2024. ^[1]

Early life

From Zurich, was a keen football player in his youth, featuring as a centre back for SV Seebach, GC at under-13 level before training as part of the academy at FC Red Star Zurich, before later focusing on athletics. ^[2]

Career

He trains at LC Zurich based in the Letzigrund stadium, where he is coached by Julia Stokar and Beat Ammann. He was runner-up at the senior Swiss Athletics Championships in Bellinzona in 2023. That year, he was Swiss U23 champion. He won the Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships in St. Gallen in February 2024 over 800 metres beating outdoor champion Ramon Wipfli and defending champion Robin Tester. ^{[3] [2]}

He was unable to try and defend his national indoor title in February 2025 due to illness. ^[4] However, he still qualified through his ranking to represent Switzerland at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in March 2025 over 800 metres. ^{[5] [6]}

In June 2025, running at the Montreuil International Meeting he ran a time of 1:45.01 for the 800 metres to move to second on the Swiss all-time list for the distance behind André Bucher. ^[7] He finished fifth over 800 metres competing for Switzerland at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, Spain running 1:45.44 for the third fastest time of his career. ^{[8] [9]} He qualified for the final at the 2025 World University Games in July in Germany, placing fifth overall. ^{[10] [11]} He finished eighth in 1:45.52 in the Diamond League at the 2025 Athletissima in wet conditions in Lausanne. ^[12] He was selected for the Swiss team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ^[13]

References

1. "Ivan Pelizza". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
2. "Ivan Pelizza: "I was hoping for a smarter race..."". lcz.ch. March 28, 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
4. "Indoor Swiss Championships: Premieres for Reais and Weber, Moser with season best". lcz.ch. February 24, 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
5. "Ivan Pelizza drafted for the indoor CE". Swiss Athletics. February 26, 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
6. "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
7. "Ivan Pelizza new Swiss number 2 in the 800m behind André Bucher". Swiss Athletics. June 10, 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
8. "Swiss team in 11th place after day 2". Bluwin. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
9. "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
10. "Ivan Pelizza new number 2 behind André Bucher over 800 m". lcz.ch. June 11, 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
11. "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
12. "Results - Athletissima Lausanne Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
13. "Swiss World Championship team comprises 31 athletes". Bluewin.ch. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.