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| Full name | Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Italy: 3 caps (2022-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 2002 Dodoma, Tanzania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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 |
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| 2022 | Mediterranean Games |  Oran
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5th | 110 m hs | 13.59 | PB |
| European Championships |  Munchen
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Heats | 110 m hs | 13.95 | ||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships |  Istanbul
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4th | 60 m hs | 7.59 | PB |
| European U23 Championships |  Espoo
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2nd | 110 m hs | 13.36 | PB[a] | |
| 2024 | World indoor Championships |  Glasgow
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2nd | 60 m hs | 7.43 | NR |
| European Championships |  Rome
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1st | 110 m hs | 13.05 | NR |
National titles
Simonelli has won three national championships at individual senior level
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 110 m hs: 2023
See also
Notes
- ^ He ran 13.33 his PB in semifinals
References
- ^ "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
- Lorenzo Simonelli at World Athletics
- Lorenzo Simonelli at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 110 metres hurdles | |
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