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| Full name | Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Italy: 3 caps (2022-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 22) 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.
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.
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.
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 | |
| 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
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 60 m hs: 2023, 2024
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 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)
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