Eduardo Longobardi

Eduardo Longobardi
Competing at the 2026 European Championships
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (2005-10-19) 19 October 2005
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
ClubFiamme Gialle
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Italy
European U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 JerusalemMedley relay
Silver medal – second place2022 Jerusalem200 m

Eduardo Longobardi (born 19 October 2005) is an Italian sprinter. He represented Italy at the 2026 European Athletics Championships.[1]

Biography

From Naples, he trained as a member of Fiamme Gialle Simoni in Rome. In June 2022, as a 16 year-old, he won the Italian U18 title over 100 metres in Milan, his time of 10.47 seconds to move to second on the Italian U18 list behind Filippo Tortu.[2] Longobardi subsequently won the silver medal the following month in the 200 metres at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships.[3] He also won the gold medal in the sprint medley relay in Jerusalem, Israel.[4] He placed fourth with the Italian men's 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[5] In July 2023, he won the Italian U20 championship title over 200 metres and retained the title the following year in 20.53 seconds.[6][7]

In August 2025, he placed fourth in the final of the 200 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships.[8] In May 2026, he ran for Italy at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[9] At the 2026 European Athletics Championships, Longobardi ran a personal best of 20.42 seconds in the semi-finals of the 200 metres.[10][11] He also ran as part of the Italy men's 4 x 100 metres relay team at the championships as Italy won their heat to qualify for the final.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Eduardo Longobardi". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "U18 Italian Championships: Longobardi and Camilli win gold". Fidal. June 17, 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Eduardo Longobardi d'argento a Gerusalemme". Fidal. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "European Athletics U18 Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "U20 Italian Championships: Longobardi and Donato are Italian champions". Fidal. July 23, 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Lombards super! Gold for Caldarini". Fidal. July 28, 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Italian Championships". World Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Desalu and Filippo Dezza advance to the 200m final at the European Championships! Longobardi also improves". OA Sport. August 13, 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Athletics, European Championships: Dezza reaches 200m final, Longobardi out". Lapresse.it. August 13, 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
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