{{Short description|Italian sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Luca Sito | birth_name = | image = Luca Sito.jpg | caption = | nationality = Italian | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|5|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Milan, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = *200 m: 20.72 (2024) *400 m: 44.75 NR (2024) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{ITA}}}} {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 2024 Rome|4×400 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2024 Rome|4x400 m mixed}} {{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 Espoo|4x400 m relay}} }} '''Luca Sito''' (born 12 May 2003) is an Italian sprinter.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/italy/luca-sito-14953777|website=World Athletics|title=Luca Sito}}</ref> He won silver medals as part of the Italian mixed {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay team and in the men's {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.
==Early life== He was born and raised in San Felice in Segrate in the Metropolitan City of Milan, although he has family from Naples. He was a keen football player, and would play on the wing, before focusing on athletics in 2020. He later moved to San Donato Milanese, where he came under the coaching of Antonio Cecconi.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://napoli.corriere.it/notizie/sport/24_maggio_07/luca-sito-la-freccia-della-4x400-io-figlio-di-un-vomerese-all-olimpiade-di-parigi-porto-napoli-e-maradona-4dd16008-11ab-464b-88d4-c7407d750xlk_amp.shtml|website=Napoli.corriere.it|accessdate=7 June 2024|title= Luca Sito, the arrow of the 4x400: «I, the son of a Vomero native, bring Naples and Maradona to the Paris Olympics»|date=7 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="lewis">{{cite web|url= https://giornaledisegrate.it/2023/07/31/luca-sito-oro-agli-europei-under23-di-atletica-sogno-lolimpiade-2024/|website= giornaledisegrate.it|accessdate=2 April 2025|title= Luca Sito, oro agli Europei Under23 di atletica: «Sogno l’Olimpiade 2024»|date=31 July 2023|first=Jacopo|last=Casoni|language=Italian}}</ref>
==Career== He was a gold medalist in the {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo alongside Lorenzo Benati, Francesco Domenico Rossi, and Riccardo Meli. Despite being the youngest member of the team, he also came close to the individual final, missing out a place by just 4 hundredths of a second.<ref name="lewis"/><ref>{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 April 2025|title=European Athletics U23 Chamoionships|date=15 July 2023 |url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147653?eventId=204595&gender=M}}</ref>
In April 2024, he lowered his personal best for the 400 metres to 45.65 in Florence.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oasport.it/2024/04/atletica-luca-sito-si-candida-sui-400-tempo-promettente-chituru-ali-apre-sulla-spuria-al-firenze-sprint-festival/|website=oasport.it|accessdate=7 June 2024|title=Athletics, Luca Sito is a candidate for the 400m: promising time. De Masi 100 as a surprise. Chituru Ali opens up about spuria at the Florence Sprint Festival|date=April 13, 2024}}</ref> He ran as part of the Italian {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay team at the World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web|website=Watch Athletics|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5397/men-4x100m-results-world-athletics-relays-championships-2024|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024|date=5 May 2024}}</ref> That month, he ran a 45.35 personal best for the 400 metres in Montreuil.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportface.it/atletica-leggera/atletica-a-montreuil-luca-sito-vince-400-metri-season-best-45-35/2551813|website=Sportface|accessdate=7 June 2024|title= Athletics: Luca Sito wins in the 400 meters in Montreuil, season best in 45.35|first=Tommaso|last=de Laurentiis|date=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
Competing at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, he was a silver medalist in the Mixed {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://olympics.com/en/news/ireland-win-inaugural-4x400m-mixed-relay-at-2024-european-athletics-championships |website=Olympics.com|accessdate=10 June 2024|title= Ireland win inaugural 4x400m mixed relay at 2024 European Athletics Championships|date=8 June 2024}}</ref> He also reached the final of the Men's 400 metres with a time of 44.75 seconds. In the final he placed fifth overall.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229631&gender=M|website=World Athletics|accessdate=10 June 2024|title= European Athletics Championships}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.watchathletics.com/article/13026/record-breaking-performances-shine-on-day-4-of-european-athletics-championships-in-rome|website= Watch Athletics |accessdate=11 June 2024|title= Record-Breaking Performances Shine on Day 4 of European Athletics Championships in Rome|date=11 June 2024}}</ref>
He ran a personal best 20.72 seconds for the 200 metres in finishing third at the 2024 Italian Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/it/news/a61463673/atletica-campionati-italiani-risultati/|website=Runnersworld|accessdate=2 July 2024|title= Athletics, Italian championships, between confirmations and surprises: all the results|date=1 July 2024}}</ref> He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-final.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5841/men-s-400m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette |date=7 August 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024|website=Watch Athletics|title= Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}</ref> He also competed in the men's {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay and mixed {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay at the Games.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5829/4x400m-mixed-relay-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Mixed 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=3 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5863/men-s-4x400m-relay-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Men's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=10 August 2024}}</ref>
In January 2025 in Ancona, he ran an indoor lifetime best of 46.44 to move into the Italian indoor all-time top-10.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/weekend-roundup-doualla-runs-7-23-for-60m-in-ancona-at-the-age-of-15|website=European Athletics|accessdate=19 January 2025|title= Douala runs 7.23 for 60m in Ancona aged 15!|date=18 January 2025}}</ref> He was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, but did not reach the semi-finals of the 400 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173256?eventId=10229554&gender=M |website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 April 2025|title= European Athletics Indoor Championships|date=6 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Fidal.it|url= https://www.fidal.it/content/Europei-indoor-39-azzurri-per-Apeldoorn/175815|title= Europei indoor: 39 azzurri per Apeldoorn|accessdate=26 February 2025|date=26 February 2025}}</ref>
He was selected for the Italian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 Sep 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229988 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=13 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fidal.it/content/Tokyo-la-squadra-azzurra-per-i-Mondiali/179636 |title= Tokyo, la squadra azzurra per i Mondiali |website=Fidal.it|accessdate=2 September 2025|date= 1 September 2025}}</ref> He also ran in the heats of the men's 400 metres without advancing to the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229631 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=23 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=13 Sep 2025 }}</ref>
==See also== * Italian records in athletics * Italian all-time lists - 400 metres
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==External links== * {{sports links}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/luca-sito_1552296 Luca Sito] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * [https://parigi2024.coni.it/it/italia-team/gli-azzurri/scheda_atleta/2522:LUCA_SITO.html Luca Sito – CONI – Paris 2024] {{in lang|it}} {{Footer U23 European Champions 4x400m Men}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sito, Luca}} Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:Italian men sprinters Category:Athletes from Milan Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Italy Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy