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Lorenzo Simonelli
	Simonelli at Glasgow 2024
Personal information
Full name	Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli
National team	Italy: 3 caps (2022-)
Born	1 June 2002 (age 22); Dodoma, Tanzania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdling
Club	G.S. Esercito
Coached by	Giorgio Frinolli
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	60 m hs: 7.43 (2024); 110 m hs: 13.05 (2024);
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Italy
World Indoor Championships
European Championships
European U23 Championships
European U20 Championships

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
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran	5th	110 m hs	13.59	PB
2022	European Championships	Munchen	Heats	110 m hs	13.95
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul	4th	60 m hs	7.59	PB
2023	European U23 Championships	Espoo	2nd	110 m hs	13.36	PB^[a]
2024	World indoor Championships	Glasgow	2nd	60 m hs	7.43	NR
2024	European Championships	Rome	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
Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 60 m hs: 2023,^[4] 2024

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 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)

[fn1-4] He ran 13.33 his PB in semifinals

[WA-1] "Lorenzo Simonelli Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[FIDAL-2] "Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli - Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[3] "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.

[5] "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR 2023 - Ancona, 18 e 19 febbraio 2023". fidal.it. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

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