Samuele Ceccarelli

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Samuele Ceccarelli
Samuele Ceccarelli at Istanbul 2023.jpg
Ceccarelli at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal information
Born (2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 25)
Massa, Italy [1]
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
Sport Athletics
Event
 Sprints
ClubAtletica Firenze Marathon [1]
Coached byMarco Del Medico [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Istanbul 60 m
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Kraków-Małopolska4 × 100 m relay

Samuele Ceccarelli (born 9 January 2000) [2] 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.

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Ceccarelli won the Italian 60 m title in 2023, beating Jacobs as well. [3]

Career

Samuele Ceccarelli trained in karate initially until the age of 15. He switched to athletics at age 16. [4]

He won several medals at the 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. [2]

His progress in following three years was hampered by persistent injuries and frequent micro-fractures. [4]

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. [4] 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. [5]

Statistics

International competitions

Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2019 European U20 Championships Flag of Sweden.svg Borås 13th (sf) 100 m 10.62
2021 European U23 Championships Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn 15th (h) 100 m 10.52
9th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.52
2023 European Indoor Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul 1st 60 m 6.48 [6]
European Team Championships Flag of Poland.svg Chorzów 1st 100 m 10.13 PB
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.47

National titles

See also

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "Samuele Ceccarelli Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2022.
    2. 1 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. 1 2 3 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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