Alessandra Gasparelli
Sammarinese sprinter (born 2004)
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Alessandra Gasparelli (born 3 September 2004) is a Sammarinese sprinter. She is the Sammarinese record holder in the 60 m, 100 m and 200 m. She competed over 100 m at the 2024 Olympic Games and over 60 m at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[2]
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| Born | 3 September 2004 Borgo Maggiore, San Marino |
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] |
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| Country | San Marino |
| Sport | Athletics |
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Career
Gasparelli made her first major championship appearance at the European Team Championships Third League in the 100 m and 100 m hurdles.[2] She followed this up by competing at the European U20 Championships in Tallinn, where she finished seventh in her heat and did not advance to the semi-finals.[3]
In 2022, Gasparelli won the 100 m at the Championships of the Small States of Europe in a new personal best of 11.67s.[2] Later that year, she competed in the 100 m at the 2022 World U20 Championships in Cali, she finished eighth in her heat with a time of 12.27s.[4]
At the Games of the Small States of Europe in Marsa, Malta, Gasparelli placed third with a wind-assisted time of 11.47. She had set a wind-legal personal best of 11.57 in the heats.[5]
In January 2024, Gasparelli ran a national record 7.37 seconds for the 60 m whilst competing in Ancona, Italy.[6] She subsequently competed in the 60 m at the World Indoor Championships placing sixth in her heat with a time of 7.45s.[7] She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 100 m and was her country's flagbearer for the opening ceremony.[8][9][10] In her preliminary round, she finished 2nd with a time 11.62 to make it to the heats, where she ran a new Sanmarinese record of 11.54.[11]
She reached the final of the 60 metres at the 2025 Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade, finishing seventh in a time of 7.46 seconds.[12]
