Stefano Sottile Explained

Nationality:Italian
Sport:Athletics
Event:High jump
Club:Fiamme Azzurre[1]
Birth Date:26 January 1998
Birth Place:Borgosesia
Height:1.82 m
Weight:63 kg
Pb:
    • High jump indoor: 2.24 m (2018)

Stefano Sottile (born 26 January 1998) is an Italian high jumper who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

He won a gold medal at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics,[3] finished fourth at the 2019 European U23 Championships and third at the 2019 European Team Championships Super League. He also competed at the 2016 World U20 Championships and the 2019 World Championships without reaching the final.During the 2019 Italian Athletics Championships he established a World Lead jump of 2.33 m, also a qualifying standard for the 2020 Summer Games.

National titles

He has won 4 national titles at individual senior level.[4]

Progression

Outdoor

!Season!Height!Location!Date
20202.19 m Padua29 August
20192.33 m Brixen28 July
20182.20 m Castiglione13 May
20172.14 m Florence13 May
20162.18 m Brixen18 July
20152.20 m Cali18 July
Turin10 May
20142.15 m Biella4 May
20131.98 m Jesolo13 October
20121.75 m Jesolo7 October
20111.78 m Novara28 May
20101.65 m Gaglianico8 May
20091.47 m Novara10 May
20081.34 m Borgosesia5 April
20071.18 m Gaglianico28 April
20061.05 m Biella28 October

Indoor

!Season!Height!Location!Date
2020/212.16 m Ancona21 February 2021
2019/20not disputed
2018/19
2017/182.24 m Ancona16 February 2018
2016/172.13 m Ancona19 February 2017
2015/162.22 m Padua27 February 2016
2014/152.14 m Aosta18 January 2015
2013/142.05 m Ancona16 February 2014
2012/131.90 m Modena10 March 2013
2011/121.70 m Modena18 March 2012
2010/111.65 m Aosta27 February 2011
2009/101.60 m Aosta28 February 2010

Achievements

!Year!Competition!Location!Event!Position!Measure!Notes
2014Summer Youth Olympics NanjingHigh Jump6th2.02 m[5]
8 x 100 m5th1'45"02[6]
2015World Youth Championships CaliHigh Jump1st2.20 m[7]
2016World U20 Championships BydgoszczHigh Jump18th2.09 m
2017European U20 Championships GrossetoHigh Jump20th2.05 m
2018Mediterranean U23 Championships JesoloHigh Jump2nd2.19 m
2019European U23 Championships GävleHigh Jump4th2.20 m
World Championships DohaHigh Jump16th2.26 m
20212020 Olympic Games TokyoHigh Jump26th2.17 m
20242024 Olympic Games ParisHigh Jump4th2.34 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fiamme Azzurre - Atleti. polizia.penitenziaria.it. it. 12 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Athletics SOTTILE Stefano. dead. 2021-09-20. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20211014021515/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1297279-sottile-stefano.htm.
  3. Web site: HIGH JUMP BOYS - 9TH IAAF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015. IAAF. iaaf.org. 17 September 2017.
  4. Web site: 49^ CAMPIONATI ITALIANI INDIVIDUALI ASSOLUTI INDOOR 2018 M/F - Salto in alto Uomini - RISULTATI. FIDAL. fidal.it. 17 February 2018.
  5. http://www.fidal.it/upload/files/Azzurri/azzurri_2014_def.pdf
  6. Web site: 2nd Youth Olympic Games | World Athletics.
  7. http://www.fidal.it/upload/Azzurri2015.pdf