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Full name | Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Italy: 3 caps (2022-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dodoma, Tanzania | 1 June 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. [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]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Time | Notes |
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2022 | Mediterranean Games |
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5th | 110 m hs | 13.59 | PB |
European Championships |
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Heats | 110 m hs | 13.95 | ||
2023 | European Indoor Championships |
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4th | 60 m hs | 7.59 | PB |
European U23 Championships |
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2nd | 110 m hs | 13.36 | PB [a] | |
2024 | World indoor Championships |
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2nd | 60 m hs | 7.43 | NR |
European Championships |
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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.
![]() Simonelli at
Glasgow 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Italy: 3 caps (2022-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dodoma, Tanzania | 1 June 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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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]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Time | Notes |
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2022 | Mediterranean Games |
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5th | 110 m hs | 13.59 | PB |
European Championships |
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Heats | 110 m hs | 13.95 | ||
2023 | European Indoor Championships |
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4th | 60 m hs | 7.59 | PB |
European U23 Championships |
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2nd | 110 m hs | 13.36 | PB [a] | |
2024 | World indoor Championships |
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2nd | 60 m hs | 7.43 | NR |
European Championships |
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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.