2026 European Athletics Championships Kick Off: The Full List of the 130 Italian Competitors

Italy’s track and field team is ready for the European Championships in Birmingham, where it will compete with its largest delegation ever: a total of 130 athletes have been selected—an all-time record that even surpasses that of the 2024 European Championships in Rome, when the Italian team numbered 116. From August 10 to 16, the national team will compete at the European Championships with an impressive contingent: 69 men and 61 women, a clear reflection of the sport’s growth.

The delegation includes all the names that have shaped the recent history of Italian track and field. The team will feature Marcell Jacobs, the 2021 Olympic champion and two-time European 100-meter champion; high jump king Gianmarco Tamberi; race walkers Massimo Stano and Antonella Palmisano, and, of course, Nadia Battocletti, who will defend her European titles in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races. In the jumping events, Olympic bronze medalists Mattia Furlani (long jump) and Andy Diaz (triple jump) are expected to be key contenders.

Below are the names of all the Italian athletes competing in Birmingham:

Men
Chituru Ali (100m, 4x100m, and mixed relay)
Samuele Ceccarelli (100m, 4x100m, and mixed relay)
Marcell Jacobs (100m, 4x100m)
Filippo Randazzo (100m, 4x100m, and mixed relay)
Eseosa Fostine Desalu (200m, 4x100m, and mixed relay)
Filippo Dezza (200m, 4x100m, and mixed relay)
Eduardo Longobardi (200m, 4x100m, and medley)
Eric Marek (4x100m and medley)
Lorenzo Patta (4x100m and medley)
Roberto Rigali (4x100m and medley)
Lorenzo Benati (400m, 4x400m, and medley)
Edoardo Scotti (400m, 4x400m, and medley)
Luca Sito (400m, 4x400m, and medley)
Mohamed Soudassi (400m, 4x400m, and medley)
Vanni Picco Akwannor (4x400m and medley)
Riccardo Meli (4x400m and mixed relay)
Vladimir Aceti (4x400m)
Federico Falsetti (4x400m)
Matteo Raimondi (4x400m)
Giovanni Lazzaro (800m)
Francesco Pernici (800m)
Catalin Tecuceanu (800m)
Pietro Arese (1500m)
Joao Capistrano Maria Bussotti Neves Junior (1,500m)
Konjoneh Maggi (5,000m)
Sebastiano Parolini (5,000m)
Francesco Guerra (5,000m, 10,000m)
Yemaneberhan Crippa (10,000m)
Pasquale Selvarolo (10,000m)
Oliver Mulas (110m hurdles)
Giacomo Bertoncelli (400m hurdles)
Alessandro Sibilio (400m hurdles, 4x400m relay)
Alessio Sommacal (400m hurdles)
Yassin Bouih (3,000m steeplechase)
Ala Zoghlami (3,000m steeplechase)
Osama Zoghlami (3,000m steeplechase)
Christian Falocchi (High Jump)
Matteo Sioli (High Jump)
Edoardo Stronati (High Jump)
Gianmarco Tamberi (High Jump)
Matteo Oliveri (Pole Vault)
Mattia Furlani (Long Jump)
Francesco Ettore Inzoli (Long Jump)
Simone Biasutti (Triple Jump)
Andrea Dallavalle (Triple Jump)
Andy Diaz Hernandez (Triple Jump)
Leonardo Fabbri (Shot Put)
Riccardo Ferrara (Shot Put)
Nicholas James Ponzio (Shot Put)
Zane Sean Weir (Shot Put)
Alessio Mannucci (Discus)
Carmelo Alessandro Musci (Discus)
Enrico Saccomano (Discus)
Giorgio Olivieri (Hammer)
Michele Fina (Javelin)
Giovanni Frattini (Javelin)
Xavier Chevrier (Marathon)
Badr Jaafari (Marathon)
Daniele Meucci (Marathon)
Ahmed Ouhda (Marathon)
Pietro Riva (Marathon)
Andrea Cosi (Half Marathon Race Walking)
Francesco Fortunato (Half Marathon Race Walking)
Gianluca Picchiottino (Half Marathon Race Walking)
Andrea Agrusti (Marathon Race Walking)
Riccardo Orsoni (Marathon Race Walking)
Massimo Stano (Marathon Race Walking)
Dario Dester (Decathlon)
Alberto Nonino (Decathlon)

Women
Zaynab Dosso (100m, 4x100m, and mixed relay)
Gloria Hooper (100m, 200m, 4x100m, and mixed relay)
Elena Cambiolo (200m, 4x100m, and mixed relay)
Vittoria Fontana (200m, 4x100m, and mixed relay)
Dalia Kaddari (200m, 4x100m, and medley)
Aurora Berton (4x100m and medley)
Alice Pagliarini (4x100m and medley)
Alessia Pavese (4x100m and medley)
Rachele Torchio (4x100m and medley)
Alessandra Bonora (400m, 4x400m, and medley)
Alice Mangione (400m, 4x400m, and medley)
Anna Polinari (400m, 4x400m, and medley)
Ilaria Elvira Accame (4x400m and medley)
Sara Cirillo (4x400m and medley)
Rebecca Borga (4x400m)
Ginevra Ricci (4x400m)
Virginia Troiani (4x400m)
Clarissa Vianelli (4x400m)
Eloisa Coiro (800m, 4x400m)
Ludovica Cavalli (1500m)
Gaia Sabbatini (1,500m)
Nadia Battocletti (5,000m, 10,000m)
Federica Del Buono (5,000m, 10,000m)
Micol Majori (5,000m)
Elisa Palmero (5,000m, 10,000m)
Giada Carmassi (100m hurdles)
Elena Carraro (100m hurdles)
Celeste Polzonetti (100m hurdles)
Ayomide Temilade Folorunso (400m hurdles)
Alice Muraro (400m hurdles)
Rebecca Sartori (400m hurdles)
Gaia Colli (3,000m Steeplechase)
Marta Morara (High Jump)
Idea Pieroni (High Jump)
Asia Tavernini (High Jump)
Sonia Malavisi (Pole Vault)
Elisa Molinarolo (Pole Vault)
Virginia Scardanzan (Pole Vault)
Larissa Iapichino (Long Jump)
Dariya Derkach (Triple Jump)
Erika Giorgia Anoeta Saraceni (Triple Jump)
Anna Musci (Shot Put)
Sara Verteramo (Shot Put)
Benedetta Benedetti (Discus)
Emily Conte (Discus)
Daisy Osakue (Discus)
Sara Fantini (Hammer)
Rachele Mori (Hammer)
Paola Padovan (Javelin)
Giovanna Epis (Marathon)
Rebecca Lonedo (Marathon)
Alessia Tuccitto (Marathon)
Sofiia Yaremchuk (Marathon)
Michelle Cantò (Half Marathon Race Walking)
Nicole Colombi (Half Marathon Race Walk)
Alexandrina Mihai (Half Marathon Race Walk)
Antonella Palmisano (Half Marathon Race Walk)
Federica Curiazzi (Marathon Race Walking)
Sofia Fiorini (Marathon Race Walking)
Eleonora Anna Giorgi (Marathon Race Walking)
Sveva Gerevini (Heptathlon)