European Indoor Athletics Championships, the list of 39 called up for Apeldoorn: here's who they are

Milan, 26 February 2025 – Technical director Antonio La Torre has announced the list of players called up for the European Indoor Athletics Championships scheduled in Apeldoorn (Netherlands) from Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 March . 39 Italians have been selected, including 20 men and 19 women. The team includes the two jumpers who won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics: Mattia Furlani in the long jump, author of the current world best 2025 performance of 8.37, and Andy Diaz in the triple jump, this year credited with 17.31. Two European champions from Rome 2024 have been called up: Leonardo Fabbri in the shot put, current world leader with 21.95, reigning world silver medalist outdoors and bronze indoors, and Lorenzo Simonelli in the 60 hurdles, world silver medalist last year. In the group other European medalists from the Olimpico such as Zaynab Dosso (60) already world indoor bronze, Larissa Iapichino (long jump), Catalin Tecuceanu (800), Luca Sito and Alice Mangione (400) and the reigning European indoor champions Zane Weir (shot put) and Samuele Ceccarelli (60). In the triple jump also Andrea Dallavalle (17.36 in Ancona), in the pole vault the Olympic finalist Elisa Molinarolo , multiple for Sveva Gerevini fourth at the World Indoor Championships. First call-up to the senior national team for the U20 world silver medalist in the high jump Matteo Sioli , fresh from 2.28 at the Indoor Championships, together with the other debutants Stephen Awuah Baffour (60), Giovanni Lazzaro (800), Eugenio Meloni (high jump), Idea Pieroni (high jump) and Virginia Scardanzan (pole jump).

The complete list of players called up

Men

60m Stephen Awuah Baffour (Battaglio CUS Torino Atl.)

60m Samuele Ceccarelli (GS Fiamme Oro PD / Atl. Florence Marathon)

400m Luca Sito (GA Fiamme Gialle / CUS Pro Patria Milano)

800m Simone Barontini (GS Blue Flames)

800m Giovanni Lazzaro (Assindustria Sport / CS Air Force)

800m Catalin Tecuceanu (GS Fiamme Oro PD / Silca Ultralite Vittorio V.)

1500m Federico Riva (GA Yellow Flames)

60hs Hassane Fofana (GS Fiamme Oro Padova)

60hs Nicolò Giacalone (ASD Athletics Biotekna)

60hs Lorenzo N. Simonelli (CS Army)

High Manuel Lando (CS Air Force)

High Eugenio Meloni (CS Carabinieri Athletics Section)

Tall Matteo Sioli (Euroathletics 2002)

Along Mattia Furlani (GS Fiamme Oro Padova)

Triple Simone Biasutti (GA Yellow Flames)

Triple Andrea Dallavalle (GA Fiamme Gialle)

Triple Andy Diaz Hernandez (GA Fiamme Gialle/Lib. Unicusano Livorno)

Weight Leonardo Fabbri (CS Air Force)

Peso Nicholas J. Ponzio (Athletic Club 96 Alperia)

Weight Zane Weir (GA Yellow Flames)

Women

60m Arianna De Masi (Libertas Unicusano Livorno Athletics)

60m Zaynab Dosso (GS Fiamme Azzurre)

60m Gloria Hooper (Atl. Brescia 1950)

400m Alessandra Bonora (GA Fiamme Gialle / Bracco Athletics)

400m Alice Mangione (CS Army)

800m Elena Bellò (GS Blue Flames)

800m Eloisa Coiro (GS Fiamme Azzurre)

1500m Marta Zenoni (Luiss SSD A RL)

3000m Ludovica Cavalli (Bracco Athletics)

3000m Federica Del Buono (CS Carabinieri Athletics Section)

3000m Micol Majori (Pro Sesto Atl. Cernusco)

60hs Giada Carmassi (CS Army / Atl Brugnera PN Friulintagli)

60hs Elisa Maria Di Lazzaro (CS Carabinieri Athletics Section)

Alto Idea Pieroni (CS Carabinieri Athletics Section)

Auction Roberta Bruni (CS Carabinieri Athletics Section)

Auction Elisa Molinarolo (GS Fiamme Oro Padova)

Auction Virginia Scardanzan (Silca Conegliano Athletics)

Along Larissa Iapichino (GS Fiamme Oro PD / Atl. Firenze Marathon)

Pentathlon Sveva Gerevini (CS Carabinieri Athletics Section)