Lorenzo Simonelli (athlete)
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Full name | Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Italy: 3 caps (2022-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dodoma, Tanzania | 1 June 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Esercito | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Giorgio Frinolli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 110 metres hurdles: 13.05 ( Rome, 8 June 2024) - current holder
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Time | Notes |
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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 |
National titles
[edit]Simonelli has won three national championships at individual senior level
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ He ran 13.33 his PB in semifinals
References
[edit]- ^ "Lorenzo Simonelli Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli - Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR 2023 - Ancona, 18 e 19 febbraio 2023". fidal.it. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- 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)