Sebastiano Parolini
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| Born | 9 February 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 5000m: 13:45.08 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sebastiano Parolini (born 9 February 1998) is an Italian runner.[1]
Career
[edit]He won a silver medal in the U23 team race at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships, having finished in 17th place individually.[2] In 2020, he was third in the Italian U23 indoor championships over 3000 metres, and runner-up in the Italian U23 Championships outdoors over both 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.[3]
He had success in a number of domestic races in 2022 and lowered his 1500 metres personal best to 3:41.[4] In November 2023, he won the short course race at the Turin Internarional Cross.[5]
He became Italian short course cross country champion in March 2024.[6][7] On 8 December 2024, he was part of the Italian mixed relay team which won the gold medal at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[8]
Personal life
[edit]He is from Barzizza, a hamlet of Gandino in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy. His father Gerardo was a football player and his mother Daniela Vassalli is an athlete. He studied medicine at the University of Brescia.[3] He then specialised in sports medicine at the University of Milano-Bicocca and worked as a doctor for the Italian national freestyle and alpine skiing teams.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sebastiano Parolini". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Jacopo De Marchi and Sebastiano Parolini: the Ringo Starrs of Italian Cross". Sprintnews.it. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Sebastiano Parolini: "University and athletics, I'll explain how it's done"". Montagnaexpress. February 25, 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "SPORTRun in the Villages, Sebastiano Parolini scores a hat-trick in Cerete". valseriananews. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ ""Parolini is back": victory in the short at the Turin International Cross". Terzo Tempo Sport Magazine. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Short cross, Sebastiano Parolini is the absolute Italian champion". Terzo Tempo Sport Magazine. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "National Cross Country Teams: Parolini and the Bosio Brothers Light Up Val Gandino". Beegamoesport. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Italy regain mixed relay title in closest ever finish at Antalya 2024". European Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Sebastiano Parolini G. ALPINISTICO VERTOVESE". Fidal.it. Retrieved 8 December 2024.