Chituru Ali
 Ali (right) at Paris 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| National team | Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1999 Como, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Claudio Licciardello[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Chituru Ali (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃiːtru ˈaːli];[1] born 6 April 1999) is an Italian athlete who competes as a sprinter. In the 100 metres he won the silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.
Personal life
[edit]Ali was born in Como, Italy, to a Ghanaian father and a Nigerian mother. He was taken in foster care by the local Mottin family, and was raised in the borough of Albate.[1][2]
Career
[edit]On 18th of June 2022 in Madrid, establishing his personal best 10.15 in the 100 metres,[3] he became the 9th Italian athlete in the all-time top lists and 12th in the European 2022 top lists.[4]
At the 2022 European Athletics Championships he has been finalist in the 100 metres.[5]
On 8th of June 2024 he improved his personal best to 10.05[6] in the 100 metres, winning the silver medal at the European championships in Rome.
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 100 metres – 9.96 (Turku 2024)
- 200 metres – 20.64 (-0.3 m/s, Grosseto 2022)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.61 (Ancona 2022)
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 2022 | World Championships |  Eugene
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heats | 100 m | 10.40 | |
| heats | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.74 | SB | |||
| European Championships |  Munich
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8th | 100 m | 10.28 | [a] | |
| heats | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.02 | ||||
| 2024 | European Championships |  Rome
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2nd | 100 m | 10.05 | PB |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ He ran 10.12 in semifinals
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Chituru Ali Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Ali Chituru in evidenza a Roma, Meschi: "Grande esposione"". VareseSport.com. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Doppietta azzurra nei 100 metri: Jacobs 1°, Ali 2°".
- ^ "Senior Outdoor 2022 - 100 Metres Men". WorldAthletics.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Munich22.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Sport, Sky (9 June 2024). "Doppietta azzurra nei 100 metri: Jacobs 1°, Ali 2°". sport.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Chituru Ali at World Athletics
- Chituru Ali at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
