Matteo Melluzzo (born 29 July 2002) is an Italian sprinter. He won a gold medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay.[1]
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 July 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 6.65 (Ancona, 2024) 100m: 10.12 (La Spezia, 2024) 200m: 21.23 (Siracusa, 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe was a bronze medalist in the 100 metres at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, running 10.31 seconds.[2] At the same event he was a bronze medalist in the men's 4x100m relay.[3]
He ran as part of the Italian 4x100m relay team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[4]
He was a gold medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in the 4x100m relay.[5]
In May 2024, he lowered his 100m personal best to 10.13 seconds in Rome.[6] He competed for Italy at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the event, and reached the semi-final. However, in his semi-final there was a faulty start which he did not hear. He completed a what-would-have-been personal best run of 10.12 seconds, only to discover the race had been recalled. After another false start, the running of the race did not go well for him with Melluzzo pulling up with a muscle twinge in his calf. His original 10.12 time would have qualified for the final.[7][8] Later in the championships, he ran as part of the Italian team that won the gold medal in the 4x100m relay.[9][10]
On 20 June 2024, he won the Italian national 100 metres title with a personal best time of 10.12 seconds.[11]
Personal life
editFrom Syracuse, Sicily, he is a member of Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Matteo Melluzzo". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Matteo Melluzzo è bronzo nei 100 agli europei under 20 di Tallinn". Siciliarunning.it. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Acri, Benedetta (18 July 2021). "Atletica Europei U20 2021: 8 medaglie per l'Italia". Azzuri di Gloria. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "No double for Marcel Jacobs as Italy relay team disqualified". Nation.Africa. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Atletica, splendido Oro di Matteo Melluzzo: la 4×100 è Campione d'Europa under 2023". Siracusanews.it. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Schifitto, Giuseppe (19 May 2024). "Atletica, Matteo Melluzzo sei nella storia: 10.13 al Roma Sprint Festival". siracusaoggi.it. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships 2024, Matteo Melluzzo from Syracuse in the final with the 4X100 relay". Sportwebsicilia.it. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Le record hyper poissard de Matteo Melluzzo". fflose.com. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Catania, Gianni (11 June 2024). "European Athletics Championships, Matteo Melluzzo in the final with the Italian 4x100 relay team". Siracusaoggi.it. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Peene, Sam (12 June 2024). "2024 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: ITALY WINS MEN'S 4X100M AT HOME IN FRONT OF ITALIAN PRESIDENT; MONDO DUPLANTIS COMES CLOSE TO WORLD RECORD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "National championships roundup - Big vaults for Caudery and Karalis". European-Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Beffa per il siracusano Matteo Melluzzo: corre in 10"12, ma è tutto annullato". webmarte.tv. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
External links
edit- Matteo Melluzzo at World Athletics
- Matteo Melluzzo at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Matteo Melluzzo at Olympics.com