Alessia Succo
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| Born | 7 February 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alessia Succo (born 7 February 2009) is an Italian sprint hurdler. She set a new world under-18 best for the 60 metres hurdles in 2026. She was a bronze medalist at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in the 100 metres hurdles.[1]
Career
From Turin, she started training in athletic at the age of six years-old. She attended Einstein Scientific High School in Turin.[2][3] She is a member of Atletica Settimese in Settimo Torinese.[4][3]
Aged 15, she set a personal best for the 60 metres hurdles on January 25, 2025 of 8.19 seconds.[5] As a 16 year-old, she set the U18 World Best in the 60m hurdles in 2025 of 8.07 seconds at the Italian under-18 indoor championships in Ancona, breaking the eight year-old record set by Frenchwoman Cyréna Samba-Mayela, by three hundredths of a second.[3]
Competing in the 100 metres hurdles, she won the gold medal in Skopje at the 2025 Summer European Youth Olympic Festival, with a new Italian under-18 record of 13.04 seconds over the junior-sized hurdles. Later at the Festival, she was also part of the gold medal winning Italian team in the Swedish relay, setting a new European age-group record, running the second leg alongside Kelly Doualla, Laura Frattaroli and Margherita Castellani.[6] She was a bronze medalist at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in the 100 metres hurdles in Tampere, Finland, in August 2025 despite being the youngest competitor in the final, running 13.32 seconds into a headwind (-1.5 m/s).[7]
She improved her U18 World Best to 8.05 at the Italian U18 Indoor Championships in Ancona in February 2026.[8] On 1 March, she placed third in 8.08 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles at the senior Italian Indoor Athletics Championships in Ancona.[9]
References
- ^ "Alessia Succo". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 Feb 2026.
- ^ ""I overcame my shyness. What a hug with Doualla." Alessia Succo and the bronze in the 100m hurdles". 12 August 2025. Retrieved 19 Feb 2026.
- ^ a b c "New talent Alessia Succo: "8.07 can be improved, I'll continue to push myself and take inspiration from McLaughlin."". oasport.it. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 19 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Succo superstar: "Rieti will be an amazing experience"". European Athletics. 15 February 2026. Retrieved 19 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Alessia Succo and her record-breaking hurdles. Margherita Castellani snatches a record from Valensin: the results for the juniors". oasport.it. 9 Feb 2026. Retrieved 19 Feb 2026.
- ^ Brunetto, Alma (July 26, 2025). "Alessia Succo sets a record, winning a double gold medal and setting a European record at the Youth Festival". Lastampa.it. Retrieved 19 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Alessia Succo joins the Italian festival at the U20 European Championships! Bronze in the 100m hurdles at 16 years old!". OA Sport. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 19 Feb 2026.
- ^ Mills, Steven (15 Feb 2026). "World U18 best! 8.05 for Succo in the 60m hurdles in Ancona". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Italian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.