Alessandro Sibilio managed to qualify for the men's 400m hurdles final at the Tokyo Olympics and will represent not only Italy, but also Naples in its incredible competition.
In fact, Sibilio is a Neapolitan doc and will race for a very important race after qualifying for third place in his semifinal with a time of 47'93 ". His qualification came in one phenomenal day for Italian athletics because Marcell Jacobs he won the gold medal in the 100 meters making the history of the Italian sprinters e Gianmarco Tamberi took first place on the podium for the high jump.
Alessandro Sibilio will play his fantastic final Tuesday at 5.20 in Italy (late morning in Tokyo) and will try to earn the best possible position. Not bad for his Olympic debut!
Hissing from Posillipo in Tokyo, a career at the top
Our athlete has 22 years and has always trained on slopes of Naples, from those to Necklace Stadium to those of the present Maradona Stadium, also passing through the Virgilian Park.
He has already won the gold medal in the 400 meters hurdles during the under 23 European Championships in Tallinn in 2021 and at the Under 18 European Championships in Tbilisi in 2016. It was also world champion of the 4 × 400 meters relay at the World Championship in Tampere for the under 20s in 2018 and Italian champion in the 400 meters hurdles.
In addition to dedicating himself to sports and athletics in particular, he is graduate in management engineering and studied piano. As a child he also dedicated himself to swimming and basketball, but his true love of him is athletics.
Now it is already among the best 8 hurdlers in the world and will try to amaze us with his talent trying to get on the podium. Finally, get to know the others Neapolitans present at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
