| Birth date | 9 January 2000 |
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| Birth place | Massa, Italy[1] |
| Height | 1.84 m |
| Weight | 80 kg |
| Country | Italy |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprints |
| Club | Atletica Firenze Marathon[1] |
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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.
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
| 2019 | European U20 Championships | Borås | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 10.62 |
| 2021 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn | 15th (h) | 100 m | 10.52 |
| 9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.52 | |||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul | 1st | 60 m | 6.48 [6] |
| European Team Championships | Chorzów | 1st | 100 m | 10.13 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.47 |
National titles
See also
References
- ^ "Samuele Ceccarelli Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Samuele CECCARELLI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Samuele Ceccarelli upsets Lamont Jacobs to win Italian 60m title". World-Track.org. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (1 May 2023). "Indoor surprise package Ceccarelli adds to Italy's growing sprint prowess". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "All time Top lists – 60 m Men – Europe Indoors | until 2023-03-04". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Ceccarelli ran European-leading personal best of 6.47 seconds in the semi-finals.