Alessandra Gasparelli
Alessandra Gasparelli is a Sammarinese sprinter. She is the Sammarinese record holder in the 60 m, 100 m and 200 m. She competed over 100 m at the 2024 Olympic Games and over 60 m at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.
Career
Gasparelli made her first major championship appearance at the European Team Championships Third League in the 100 m and 100 m hurdles. She followed this up by competing at the European U20 Championships in Tallinn, where she finished seventh in her heat and did not advance to the semi-finals.In 2022, Gasparelli won the 100 m at the Championships of the Small States of Europe in a new personal best of 11.67s.
Later that year, she competed in the 100 m at the 2022 World U20 Championships in Cali, she finished eighth in her heat with a time of 12.27s.
At the Games of the Small States of Europe in Marsa, Malta, Gasparelli placed third with a wind-assisted time of 11.47. She had set a wind-legal personal best of 11.57 in the heats.
In January 2024, Gasparelli ran a national record 7.37 seconds for the 60 m whilst competing in Ancona, Italy. She subsequently competed in the 60 m at the World Indoor Championships placing sixth in her heat with a time of 7.45s. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 100 m and was her country's flagbearer for the opening ceremony. In her preliminary round, she finished 2nd with a time 11.62 to make it to the heats, where she ran a new Sanmarinese record of 11.54.
She reached the final of the 60 metres at the 2025 Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade, finishing seventh in a time of 7.46 seconds.