Stefano Sottile

Stefano Sottile
nation	Italy
birthday	28th January 1998 (age 22)
place of birth	Borgosesia , Italy
size	182 cm
Weight	63 kg
Career
discipline	high jump
Best performance	2.24 m (hall); 2.33 m (open air)
society	Atletica Valsesia (2005-2016) Fiamme Azzurre (since 2017)
Medal table
U18 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Youth World Championships gold Cali 2015 2.20 m
last change: June 2nd, 2020

Stefano Sottile (born January 28, 1998 in Borgosesia ) is an Italian athlete who specializes in the high jump .

Athletic career

Stefano Sottile gained his first international experience in 2014 when he finished sixth at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing with a skipped 2.02 m. The following year he won the World Youth Championships in Cali with a height of 2.20 m. In 2016 he retired from the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz with 2.09 m in qualification, as well as at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto with 2.05 m. In 2018 he won the silver medal behind his compatriot Christian Falocchi at the U23 Mediterranean Championships in Jesolo with a height of 2.19 m . The following year he was fourth at the U23 European Championships in Gävle with 2.20 m and then also took part in the World Championships in Doha , where he was eliminated with 2.26 m in qualification .

In 2019 Sottile became Italian outdoor champion and 2018 indoor champion.

Personal best

• Open air: 2.33 m, July 28, 2019 in Brixen
• Hall: 2.24 m, February 16, 2018 in Ancona

Web links

• Stefano Sottile in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steve Landells: Boys' high jump - IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 ( English ) IAAF. July 19, 2015. Accessed June 2, 2020.
2. ↑ Diego Sampaolo: National championships round-up: Sottile jumps 2.33m, Miller-Uibo goes sub-50 ( English ) IAAF. July 28, 2019. Accessed June 2, 2020.