| Birth Date: | df=yes 9 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Massa, Italy |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Country: | Italy |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Sprints |
| Club: | Atletica Firenze Marathon[1] |
| Coach: | Marco Del Medico |
Samuele Ceccarelli (born 9 January 2000)[2] is an Italian sprinter. He won the gold medal in the 60 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, defeating compatriot and Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs.
Ceccarelli won the Italian 60 m title in 2023, beating Jacobs as well.[3]
Samuele Ceccarelli trained in karate initially until the age of 15. He switched to athletics at age 16.[4]
He won several medals at national under-20 level between 2018 and 2019. In January 2019, the 19-year-old set a 60 metres personal best of 6.72 seconds while still an U20 athlete.
His progress in following three years was hampered by persistent injuries and frequent micro-fractures.
In February 2023, he won his first national senior title with 60 m victory at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships in Ancona, beating Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs. Ceccarelli repeated that feat on a European stage at Istanbul 2023 the following month for an Italian 1–2. He set a new personal best of 6.47 s in the semi-finals to move up to second on the Italian all-time list (behind only Jacobs) and fifth on the European one.[5]
| 2019 | European U20 Championships |  Borås | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 10.62 | |
| 2021 | European U23 Championships |  Tallinn | 15th (h) | 100 m | 10.52 | |
| 9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.52 | ||||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships |  Istanbul | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 60 m | 6.48 [6] |
| European Team Championships |  Chorzów | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 100 m | 10.13 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4×100 m relay | 38.47 |