Lorenzo Patta (born 23 May 2000) is an Italian sprinter[4] who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

[5] On 13 May 2021, running in Savona in 10.13, he established the 7th Italian all-time performance on 100 m and at the same time he reached 41st place in the seasonal world ranking.

In 2017, as a U18, he was second at the national indoors championships on 60 metres, with Valentina Piras as his coach, but continuing playing football.

He won the Italian titles outdoors (100 and 200 m) with a remarkable 10.37 (+2.3 m/s) for his first competition as a junior.

The following year, he was also the last relay, winning the silver medal at the 2019 European U20 Championships in Borås.