Who is Marcell Jacobs, the blue who dreams of gold in the 100 meters in Tokyo 2020

Marcell Jacobs is the first Italian qualified for the 100 meters Olympic final. In Tokyo 2020, the 26-year-old Italian – born in El Paso (Texas) in 1994 – is hunting for a historic medal. Jacobs set the new Italian and European record by running in 9”84 in the semifinal. Who is the new star of Italian athletics? The sprinter – father of 3 children – was born in the United States. Jacobs’ mother, married to a Texan, returned to Italy when the sprinter was still a child. As a boy, as stated in the information on the federatletica website, Jacobs first practiced basketball, following in his father’s footsteps, and football, then at the age of 10 he let himself be tempted by sprinting and began attending the Desenzano del Garda track. with the technician Gianni Lombardi, historic organizer of the Multistars meeting. Read also To put his speed skills to good use, starting from 2011 he tried the long and in 2013, before suffering from a foot injury, he improved (7.75) a junior indoor record that he had endured since 1976. He surpassed the eight meters with 8.03 in qualification for the Absolutes in the hall of 2015 in Padua. In September of that year he passed under the guidance of the former indoor triple champion Paolo Camossi, going to train in Gorizia. In 2016 at the promised tricolors of Bressanone he made the longest jump ever for an Italian with 8.48 windy (+2.8), while in 2017 he entered third place in the national alltime indoor lists with 8.07. After a knee problem, he returned in 2018 as a sprinter with 10.08. From autumn 2018 he moved to Rome and the turning point of his career arrived.In 2019 he returned after two years in the long race (8.05 indoor) and dropped to 10.03 on the 100 meters, the third blue of every era, before signing at the Doha World Championships the Italian record with the 4×100 relay (38”11). In 2021, the definitive explosion. He improved several times in the indoor 60s up to the European triumph and then in May he got his hands on the Italian record with 9”95 in Savona, becoming the second Italian ever under 10 seconds before the Tokyo exploits.