Matteo Galvan

Matteo Galvan

Matteo Galvan in 2009.
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988
Vicenza, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprints
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by Loren Seagrave
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 100 m: 10.38 (2011)
  • 200 m: 20.62 (2009)
  • 400 m: 45.39 (2013)
Medal record
European Indoor Championships
2009 Turin 4×400 m
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin 400 m
2013 Mersin 4×400 m relay
2009 Pescara 200 m
European U23 Championships
2009 Kaunas 4×400 m
World Youth Championships
2005 Marrakesh 200 m

Matteo Galvan (born 24 August 1988) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 200 and 400 metres. His career highlight so far is the 2009 European Indoor Championships, where he placed sixth in the 400 metres and won a gold medal in the relay.

Biography

Galvan was born in Vicenza. He won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2005 World Youth Championships, in a personal best time of 21.14 seconds.[1] At the 2006 World Junior Championships he was named as one of the prime members of the Italian squad.[2] He did reach the final round of the 200 metres, but was disqualified.[3] He also competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay, but without reaching the final round.[4] In 2006 he achieved personal best times in the 100 and 200 metres, with 10.54 and 20.87 seconds respectively, both times set in July in Rieti.[1]

2007 and 2008 were low-key seasons for Galvan. He ran the 200 metres in 20.96 in June 2007, and the 400 metres in 47.10 in September 2007. He repeated this exact time in February 2008 in Genoa, during the indoor season.[1]

In February 2009 he ran the 400 metres in 46.26, at the Italian indoor championships in Turin. At that time it was the third fastest time in Europe and the sixth fastest in the world during the 2008–09 indoor season.[5] The 2009 European Indoor Championships was staged in the same city the next month, and, competing in the 400 metres, Galvan managed to place sixth in the final with the time 48.23.[1] On the next day he won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, together with teammates Jacopo Marin, Domenico Rao and Claudio Licciardello. Galvan ran the second leg.[6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 7th (sf)[7] 200m 21.26 (wind: -1.0m/s)
19th (h) 4×100m relay 41.59
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin 1st 4x400 m relay 3:06.68
6th 400 meters 47.45[8]
Mediterranean Games Pescara 2nd 200 metres 20.92
European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 4th 200m 20.62 (wind: -0.2m/s)
2nd 4x400 m relay 3:03.79
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin 1st 400 metres 45.59
1st 4×400 m relay 3.04.61
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague 6th 400 m 46.87

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Matteo Galvan profile at IAAF. Retrieved on 9 March 2009.
  2. ↑ FIDAL (25 July 2006). "Italy World Junior Squad announced". IAAF.org. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "200 Metres - M - Qualification". IAAF. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "4x100 Metres Relay - M - Heats". IAAF. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  5. ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (21 February 2009). "Licciardello dashes to 46.03 world lead in Turin – Italian champs Day 1". IAAF.org. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  6. ↑ "Results. 4x400m Relay Men". European Athletics. 8 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  7. ↑ Disqualified in the final.
  8. ↑ He ran in a better crono (47.18) in the semifinal.

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