Lorenzo Simonelli (athlete)

Lorenzo Simonelli

Simonelli at Glasgow 2024
Personal information
Full name	Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli
National team	Italy: 3 caps (2022-)
Born	(2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 23) Dodoma, Tanzania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdling
Club	G.S. Esercito
Coached by	Giorgio Frinolli
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	60 m hs: 7.43 (2024) 110 m hs: 13.05 (2024)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Italy World Indoor Championships 2024 Glasgow 60 m hurdles European Championships 2024 Rome 110 m hurdles 2024 Rome 4 × 100 m relay European U23 Championships 2023 Espoo 110 m hurdles European U20 Championships 2021 Tallinn 110 m hurdles

Lorenzo celebrates the victory in Roma 2024 by wearing his celebratory straw hat of Monkey D. Luffy from the anime One Piece.

Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli (born 1 June 2002) is a Tanzanian-born Italian hurdler European champion in Roma 2024 and vice Indoor World champion at Glasgow 2024 in 60 m hs. ^[1]

Biography

Born in Dodoma, Tanzania to an Italian father (anthropologist and researcher) and a Tanzanian mother, he moved with his family to Rome at the age of 5. ^[2]

Career

At the indoor Europeans in Istanbul 2023, credited at the same time as the hundredth of the third place, after the photo-finish check he missed the bronze medal by 5 thousandths of a second. ^[3]

National records

• 110 metres hurdles: 13.05 ( Rome, 8 June 2024) - current holder

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Time	Notes
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran	5th	110 m hs	13.59	PB
	European Championships	Munchen	Heats	110 m hs	13.95
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul	4th	60 m hs	7.59	PB
	European U23 Championships	Espoo	2nd	110 m hs	13.36	PB [a]
2024	World indoor Championships	Glasgow	2nd	60 m hs	7.43	NR
	European Championships	Rome	1st	110 m hs	13.05	NR

Grand Slam Track results [4]
Slam	Race group	Event	Pl.	Time	Prize money
2025 Philadelphia Slam	Short hurdles	110 m hurdles	5th	13.55	US$25,000
		100 m	3rd	10.52

National titles

Simonelli has won five national championships at individual senior level

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 110 m hs: 2023, 2024, 2025
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 60 m hs: 2023, ^[5] 2024

See also

• Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists - 110 metres hurdles

Notes

1. He ran 13.33 his PB in semifinals

References

1. "Lorenzo Simonelli Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
2. "Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli - Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
3. "Ragazze magiche: 4x400 urlo d'argento". fidal.it (in Italian). 5 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023. Ai piedi del podio i due azzurri nei 60 ostacoli. Sfiora il colpaccio Lorenzo Simonelli, quarto alla sua prima finale europea assoluta, mancando di pochissimo la medaglia: cinque millesimi, un battito di ciglia.
4. "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track . Retrieved 5 April 2025.
5. "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR 2023 - Ancona, 18 e 19 febbraio 2023". fidal.it. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

External links

• Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli at World Athletics
• Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli at Olympics.com
• Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)