Lorenzo Simonelli (athlete)

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]

Lorenzo Simonelli

Simonelli at Glasgow 2024
Personal information
Full name	Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli
National team	Italy: 3 caps (2022-)
Born	(2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 23) 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 2024 Glasgow 60 m hurdles European Championships 2024 Rome 110 m hurdles 2024 Rome 4 × 100 m relay European U23 Championships 2023 Espoo 110 m hurdles European U20 Championships 2021 Tallinn 110 m hurdles

Lorenzo celebrates the victory in Roma 2024 by wearing his celebratory straw hat of Monkey D. Luffy from the anime One Piece.

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
	European Championships	Munchen	Heats	110 m hs	13.95
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul	4th	60 m hs	7.59	PB
	European U23 Championships	Espoo	2nd	110 m hs	13.36	PB[a]
2024	World indoor Championships	Glasgow	2nd	60 m hs	7.43	NR
	European Championships	Rome	1st	110 m hs	13.05	NR

Grand Slam Track results[4]
Slam	Race group	Event	Pl.	Time	Prize money
2025 Philadelphia Slam	Short hurdles	110 m hurdles	5th	13.55	US$25,000
		100 m	3rd	10.52

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,^[5] 2024

See also

• Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists - 110 metres hurdles

Notes

1. He ran 13.33 his PB in semifinals