Filippo Tortu

Filippo Tortu

Filippo Tortu in 2016
Personal information
Born	(1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 Milan, Italy[1]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Club	Fiamme Gialle
Coached by	Salvino Tortu
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.15 (2017) 200 m: 20.34 (2017)
Medal record World U20 Championships 2016 Bydgoszcz 100 m European U20 Championships 2017 Grosseto 100 m 2017 Grosseto 4x100 m relay

Filippo Tortu (born 15 June 1998) is an Italian sprinter.^[2] He won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2016 World U20 Championships.

He is coached by his father, Salvino Tortu, a former sprinter. His older brother, Giacomo, is also a sprinter.

Biography

He began to play sports at the age of eight years, dividing his time between athletics and basketball.

In 2010 and 2011 he won in the categories of first and second media, the title of fastest guy in Milan and is dedicated to athletics definitely Salvino coached by his father, former sprinter. In 2013 he won the 80 meters at the Italian championships cadets Jesolo with 9 "09 time. Trials for the European Youth Olympic Games, in 2014, took third place in the 100 meters, though lacking the qualification that instead obtained in the double distance. For Youth Olympics, during the batteries of 200 meters, it falls on the finish line, breaking both arms and can not then play the final. In 2015 he realizes the Italian record of 100 meters with 10"33 and 200 meters with 20"92.

In 2016 realizes in Savona on Italian junior record of 100 meters, getting twice the 10"24 time [1]; this record was unbeaten for 34 years, as held by Pierfrancesco Pavoni who ran the distance in 10"25 to Europeans Athens 1982. A month later, he landed in Rieti his first Italian title, winning the race of 100 meters in 10"32. Takes part in the European Championships in Amsterdam, where, after winning its own battery, to qualify for the semifinals running in 10 "19, new Italian junior record, failing, however, to reach the final for 3 cents. Also it runs in the final stage of relay 4 × 100 that, who qualified for the final, ending the race in fifth place. He participates at the World Under-20 in Bydgoszcz, where he won the silver medal in the 100 meters with 10 "24. In the same event participates in the relay 4 × 100 that, who qualified for the final, finished seventh.

Achievements

¹Did not start in the final

Personal bests

Outdoors

• 100 metres – 10.15 (+0.9 m/s, Savona 2017)
• 200 metres – 20.34 (+0.6 m/s, Rome 8 June 2017)

Indoors

• 60 metres – 6.64 (Magglingen 2017)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - 100 metres
• Italian all-time lists - 200 metres

References