Luca Sito (born 12 May 2003) is an Italian sprinter. He won silver medals as part of the Italian mixed relay team and in the men's relay at the

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Early life

He was born and raised in San Felice in

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in the

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, although he has family from

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. He was a keen

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player, and would play on the wing, before focusing on athletics in 2020. He later moved to

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, where he came under the coaching of Antonio Cecconi.

Career

He was a gold medalist in the at the

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alongside Lorenzo Benati, Francesco Domenico Rossi, and Riccardo Meli. Despite being the youngest member of the team, he also came close to the individual final, missing out a place by just 4 hundredths of a second. In April 2024, he lowered his personal best for the 400 metres to 45.65 in

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. He ran as part of the Italian relay team at the World Relays Championships in

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in May 2024. That month, he ran a 45.35 personal best for the 400 metres in

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. Competing at the

in Rome, he was a silver medalist in the Mixed relay. He also reached the final of the Men's 400 metres with a time of 44.75 seconds. In the final he placed fifth overall. He ran a personal best 20.72 seconds for the 200 metres in finishing third at the 2024 Italian Athletics Championships. He competed at the

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over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-final. He also competed in the men's relay and mixed relay at the Games. In January 2025 in

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, he ran an indoor lifetime best of 46.44 to move into the Italian indoor all-time top-10. He was selected for the

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, but did not reach the semi-finals of the 400 metres.

References

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Luca Sito
at the

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Luca Sito – CONI – Paris 2024
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sito, Luca 2003 births Living people Italian male sprinters Athletes from Milan 21st-century Italian sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy