Simonelli at Glasgow 2024
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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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Medal record
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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]
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]
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]
Rome, 8 June 2024) - current holder| 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 |
Simonelli has won three national championships at individual senior level
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.
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's 110 metres hurdles
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Don Finlay (GBR) Håkan Lidman (SWE) André-Jacques Marie (FRA) Yevhen Bulanchyk (URS) Martin Lauer (FRG) Anatoly Mikhaylov (URS) Eddy Ottoz (ITA) Eddy Ottoz (ITA) Frank Siebeck (GDR) Guy Drut (FRA) Thomas Munkelt (GDR) Thomas Munkelt (GDR) Stéphane Caristan (FRA) Colin Jackson (GBR) Colin Jackson (GBR) Colin Jackson (GBR) Colin Jackson (GBR) Staņislavs Olijars (LAT) Andy Turner (GBR) Sergey Shubenkov (RUS) Sergey Shubenkov (RUS) Dimitri Bascou (FRA) Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA) Asier Martínez (ESP) Lorenzo Simonelli (ITA) |
