Matteo Santoro

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Matteo Santoro
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (2006-10-09) 9 October 2006 (age 17) [1]
Rome, Italy
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Countryitaly
Sport Diving
Event(s)1 m springboard,
3 m springboard,
3 m synchronised,
3 m mixed synchronised,
mixed team event
ClubM.R. Sport Fratelli Marconi
Coached by Domenico Rinaldi
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 021
European Championships 101
World Junior Championships 500
European Junior Championships 400
Total1022
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Budapest 3 m mixed synchro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Doha 3 m mixed synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 3 m mixed synchro
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 3 m mixed synchro
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Budapest 3 m mixed synchro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Rome 3 m mixed synchro
European Diving Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Rzeszów 3 m mixed synchro
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Kyiv 3 m springboard B
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Kyiv mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Montreal 1 m springboard
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Montreal 3 m springboard
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Montreal 3 m synchronised
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Otopeni 1 m springboard
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Otopeni 3 m springboard
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Otopeni 3 m synchronised
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Otopeni mixed team

Matteo Santoro (born 9 October 2006) is an Italian diver. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won a silver medal in the 3 metre mixed synchronised springboard. At the LEN European Aquatics Championships, he won a gold medal in the 3 metre mixed synchronised springboard in 2021 at 14 years of age and a bronze medal in the same event in 2022 at 15 years of age. He is a five-time World Junior Championships gold medalist and a four-time European Junior Championships gold medalist.

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Background

Santoro was born 9 October 2006 in Rome and trains with Rome-based club M.R. Sport Fratelli Marconi, where he is coached by Domenico Rinaldi. [1]

Career

2021

2020 European Aquatics Championships

2020 European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 3 m mixed synchronised 300.69

At 14 years, 215 days of age, Santoro won his first medal at a senior international championships, winning the gold medal in the 3 metre mixed synchronised springboard with his partner Chiara Pellacani at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, held in May 2021 at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, with a final mark of 300.69 points. [2] [3] [4]

2021 World Junior Championships

Seven months later, in December in Kyiv, Ukraine for the 2021 FINA World Junior Diving Championships, Santoro started off with a gold medal in the mixed team event on day one, helping achieve the highest mark of 309.95 points. [5] Two days later, on 4 December, he placed eighth in the 3 metre synchronised springboard final with his partner Matteo Cafiero and a score of 222.81 points. [6] The same day, he earned a score of 367.15 points in the final of the 1 metre springboard for age group B to place eighth in the age group. [7] For his final event, the 3 metre springboard on the sixth of seven days of competition, he won the gold medal for age group B with a score of 493.30 points and shared the podium with his 3-metre synchronised springboard partner, Matteo Cafiero, who won the bronze medal. [8] [9]

2022

2022 World Aquatics Championships

2022 World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 3 m mixed synchronised 293.55

For his first senior World Aquatics Championships, the 2022 World Aquatics Championships with diving contested in June in Budapest, Hungary when he was 15 years old, Santoro and his partner Chiara Pellacani won the silver medal in the 3 metre mixed synchronized springboard with a score of 293.55 points, which was 30.6 points behind the gold medal-winning duo representing China and 5.94 points ahead of the bronze medal-winning duo representing Great Britain. [10] [11] [12] With his win at 15 years and 263 days of age, he became the youngest Italian diver to medal at a World Aquatics Championships. [11]

2022 European Junior Championships

In July, at the 2022 European Junior Diving Championships in Otopeni, Romania, Santoro won the gold medal in the 1 metre springboard with a score of 478.15, finishing 0.05 points ahead of silver medalist and fellow Italian Stefano Belotti. [13] [14] [15] In the 3 metre springboard, he earned a score of 858.60 points in the final, winning the gold medal. [14] For his two partner and team events, he won a gold medal in the 3 metre synchronised springboard with his partner Stefano Belotti and a score of 284.49 points as well as a gold medal in the mixed team event (termed jump event for the competition) where he and his three teammates (2 female and 1 male) achieved a final mark of 300.85 points. [15]

2022 European Aquatics Championships

2022 European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 3 m mixed synchronised 283.56

Returning to the European Aquatics Championships at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, contested in his home county in Rome in August, Santoro competed in the 3 metre synchronised springboard with partner Chiara Pellacani, scoring 17.13 points less than their score from 2021 with a final mark of 283.56 points, which earned them the bronze medal 11.13 points behind gold medalists Lou Massenberg and Tina Punzel of Germany. [16] [17]

2022 World Junior Championships

At the 2022 FINA World Junior Diving Championships, held starting 27 November in Montreal, Canada, Santoro placed thirteenth in his first event, the mixed team event, on day one, contributing to a final score of 269.80 points. [18] Three days later, he scored 469.70 points in the final of the 1 metre springboard, finishing 16.1 points ahead of the second highest-scoring competitor, Jake Passmore of Ireland, and winning the gold medal. [19] [20] The following day, he won a gold medal in his second of two individual events, scoring highest in the final of the 3 metre springboard with 552.40 points. [21] On the sixth day, he won a third gold medal in his fourth of four events, scoring 299.25 points with his partner Stefano Belotti in the final of the 3 metre synchronised springboard. [22] [23]

International championships

Meet1 m springboard3 m springboard3 m synchronised3 m mixed synchronisedmixed team
Junior level
WJC 2021 8th (B)
(367.15)		Gold medal icon.svg (B)
(493.30)		8th (B)
(222.81)		—Gold medal icon.svg
(309.95)
EJC 2022 Gold medal icon.svg
(478.15)		Gold medal icon.svg
(585.60)		Gold medal icon.svg
(284.49)		—Gold medal icon.svg
(300.85)
WJC 2022 Gold medal icon.svg
(469.70)		Gold medal icon.svg
(552.40)		Gold medal icon.svg
(299.25)		—13th
(269.80)
Senior level
EC 2020 Gold medal icon.svg
(300.69)
WC 2022 Silver medal icon.svg
(293.55)
EC 2022 Bronze medal icon.svg
(283.56)

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