- Source: Samuele Ceccarelli
Samuele Ceccarelli (born 9 January 2000) 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.
Ceccarelli won the Italian 60 m title in 2023, beating Jacobs as well.
Career
Samuele Ceccarelli trained in karate initially until the age of 15. He switched to athletics at age 16.
He won several medals at 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.
His progress in following three years was hampered by persistent injuries and frequent micro-fractures.
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. 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.
Statistics
= International competitions
== National titles
=Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
60 metres: 2023
See also
Italian national track relay team
Notes
References
External links
Samuele Ceccarelli at World Athletics
Samuele Ceccarelli at European Athletics
Samuele Ceccarelli at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Samuele Ceccarelli
- Ceccarelli
- Marcell Jacobs
- 2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
- Pietro Mennea
- 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
- 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
- 2023 European Athletics Team Championships
- Italy at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
- Riccardo Meli
