Sebastiano Parolini

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Sebastiano Parolini
Personal information
Born (1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 27)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best5000m: 13:45.08 (2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Italy.svg Italy
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Antalya Mixed relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lisbon U23 team

Sebastiano Parolini (born 9 February 1998) is an Italian runner. He was a gold medalist in the mixed team relay at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships. [1]

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Career

He won a silver medal in the U23 team race at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships, having finished in 17th place individually. [2] In 2020, he was third in the Italian U23 indoor championships over 3000 metres, and runner-up in the Italian Championships outdoors over both 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. [3]

He had success in a number of domestic races in 2022 and lowered his 1500 metres personal best to 3:41. [4] In November 2023, he won the short course race at the Turin Internarional Cross. [5]

He became Italian short course cross country champion in March 2024. [6] [7] On 8 December 2024, he was part of the Italian mixed relay team which won the gold medal at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [8] In January 2025, whilst running in the colours of Gruppo Alpinistico Vertovese (GAV), he won the Campaccio, short course cross country race held in San Giorgio su Legnano, Milan in a time of 10:11, while Nadia Battocletti won the women's race. [9]

Personal life

He is from Barzizza, a hamlet of Gandino in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy. His father Gerardo was a football player and his mother Daniela Vassalli is an athlete. He studied medicine at the University of Brescia. [3] He then specialised in sports medicine at the University of Milano-Bicocca and worked as a doctor for the Italian national freestyle and alpine skiing teams. [10]

References

  1. "Sebastiano Parolini". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  2. "Jacopo De Marchi and Sebastiano Parolini: the Ringo Starrs of Italian Cross". Sprintnews.it. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Sebastiano Parolini: "University and athletics, I'll explain how it's done"". Montagnaexpress. February 25, 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  4. "SPORTRun in the Villages, Sebastiano Parolini scores a hat-trick in Cerete". valseriananews. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  5. ""Parolini is back": victory in the short at the Turin International Cross". Terzo Tempo Sport Magazine. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  6. "Short cross, Sebastiano Parolini is the absolute Italian champion". Terzo Tempo Sport Magazine. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  7. "National Cross Country Teams: Parolini and the Bosio Brothers Light Up Val Gandino". Beegamoesport. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  8. "Italy regain mixed relay title in closest ever finish at Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  9. Cangelli, Marco (6 January 2025). "Campaccio, Sebastiano Parolini vince il cross corto". Terzotenposportmagazine.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  10. "Sebastiano Parolini G. ALPINISTICO VERTOVESE". Fidal.it. Retrieved 8 December 2024.