Alessandra Gasparelli (born 3 September 2004) is a
Sammarinese
Sammarinese () are citizens and people of the Republic of San Marino.
Language
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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
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and over 60 m at the
2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships
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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.
She followed this up by competing at the
European U20 Championships in
Tallinn
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, where she finished seventh in her heat and did not advance to the semi-finals.
In 2022, Gasparelli won the 100 m at the
Championships of the Small States of Europe in a new personal best of 11.67s.
Later that year, she competed in the 100 m at the
2022 World U20 Championships in
Cali
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, she finished eighth in her heat with a time of 12.27s.
At the
Games of the Small States of Europe
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in
Marsa, Malta
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History
Marsa is located on the Marsa Creek, a body of wat ...
, 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.
In January 2024, Gasparelli ran a national record 7.37 seconds for the 60 m whilst competing in Ancona, Italy. She subsequently competed in the 60 m at the
World Indoor Championships placing sixth in her heat with a time of 7.45s. She competed at the
2024 Paris Olympics
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in the 100 m and was her country's
flagbearer
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for the opening ceremony.
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.
She reached the final of the 60 metres at the 2025
Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships
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in
Belgrade
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, finishing seventh in a time of 7.46 seconds.
References
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People from Borgo Maggiore
Sammarinese female sprinters
Olympic athletes for San Marino
Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic female sprinters
Games of the Small States of Europe medalists
2004 births
Living people
21st-century Sammarinese people