Matteo Galvan

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Matteo Galvan
Matteo Galvan 2018.jpg
Matteo Galvan in 2018
Personal information
National team Italy
Born (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 35)
Vicenza, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprints
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached byLoren Seagrave
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 10.38 (2011)
  • 200 m: 20.62 (2009)
  • 400 m: 45.12 (2016)
Medal record
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Torino 4x400 m relay
European Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Bydgoszcz 4x400 m relay
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Mersin 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Mersin 4×400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tarragona 4×400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Pescara 200 m
European U23 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Kaunas 4×400 m relay
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Marrakesh 200 m

Matteo Galvan (born 24 August 1988) is an Italian athlete 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.

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He also won seven national championships at individual senior level from 2008 to 2016 in three different specialities of the sprinting (100, 200 and 400 metres). [1]

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]

National record

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2005 World Youth Championships Flag of Morocco.svg Marrakesh 3rd200 m21.14
2006 World Junior Championships Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Final200 m DSQ [8]
19th (h)4×100m relay 41.59
2009 European Indoor Championships Flag of Italy.svg Turin 1st4x400 m relay 3:06.68
6th400 m 47.45 [9]
Mediterranean Games Flag of Italy.svg Pescara 2nd200 m 20.92
European U23 Championships Flag of Lithuania.svg Kaunas 4th200m 20.62 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
2nd4x400 m relay 3:03.79
2013 Mediterranean Games Flag of Turkey.svg Mersin 1st400 m 45.59
1st4×400 m relay 3.04.61 SB
2015 European Indoor Championships Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague 6th400 m 46.87
2016 European Championships Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam 8th400 m 45.80 [10]
2018 Mediterranean Games Flag of Spain.svg Tarragona 1st4x400 m relay 3:03.54
European Championships Flag of Germany.svg Berlin SF (9th)400 m 45.17 SB

National titles

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  8. He was 8th with 21.26 in semi-finals (wind: -1.0 m/s)
  9. He ran in a better crono (47.18) in the semifinal.
  10. In the semi-finals he had run in 45.12 a time that equaled his Italian record and that, if repeated in the final, he would have allowed him to win.