Matteo Galvan

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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
Gold 2009 Turin 4×400 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold 2013 Mersin 400 m
Gold 2013 Mersin 4×400 m relay
Silver 2009 Pescara 200 m
European U23 Championships
Silver 2009 Kaunas 4×400 m
World Youth Championships
Bronze 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.[2] At the 2006 World Junior Championships he was named as one of the prime members of the Italian squad.[3] He did reach the final round of the 200 metres, but was disqualified.[4] He also competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay, but without reaching the final round.[5] 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.[2]

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.[2]

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.[6] 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.[2] 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.[7]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Result Performance Event Notes
2009 European Indoor Championships Italy Turin 1st 3:06.68 4x400 m relay
6th 47.45 400 meters [8]
Mediterranean Games Italy Pescara 2nd 20.92 200 metres
European U23 Championships Lithuania Kaunas 2nd 3:03.79 4 x 400 m relay
2013 Mediterranean Games Turkey Mersin 1st 45.59 400 metres
1st 3.04.61 4×400 m relay

See also

References

  1. ↑ Diosdado Macapagal, Second State of the Nation Address, January 28, 1963 - North Borneo Claim
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matteo Galvan profile at IAAF. Retrieved on 9 March 2009.
  3. ↑ FIDAL (25 July 2006). "Italy World Junior Squad announced". IAAF.org. Retrieved 9 March 2009. 
  4. ↑ "200 Metres - M - Qualification". IAAF. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2009. 
  5. ↑ "4x100 Metres Relay - M - Heats". IAAF. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2009. 
  6. ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (21 February 2009). "Licciardello dashes to 46.03 world lead in Turin – Italian champs Day 1". IAAF.org. Retrieved 9 March 2009. 
  7. ↑ "Results. 4x400m Relay Men". European Athletics. 8 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009. 
  8. ↑ He ran in a better crono (47.18) in the semifinal.

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