Samuele Ceccarelli (born 9 January 2000) 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.
Career Samuele Ceccarelli trained in karate initially until the age of 15. He switched to athletics at age 16.
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.
His progress in following three years was hampered by persistent injuries and frequent micro-fractures.
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. 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.
Statistics International competitions 2019European U20 Championships Borås13th (sf)100 m10.622021European U23 Championships Tallinn15th (h)100 m10.529th (h)4 × 100 m relay40.522023European Indoor Championships Istanbul1st60 m6.48 Ceccarelli ran European-leading personal best of 6.47 seconds in the semi-finals.European Team Championships Chorzów1st100 m10.13 2nd4 × 100 m relay38.47
National titles Italian Athletics Indoor Championships 60 metres: 2023
See also Italian national track relay team
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