Matteo Sioli

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Matteo Sioli
Personal information
Born (2005-10-01) 1 October 2005 (age 19)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
ClubEuroatletica 2002
Achievements and titles
National finalsItaliano
Personal best(s)High jump: 2.29m (Apeldoorn, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Apeldoorn High jump
World U20 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Lima High jump

Matteo Sioli (born 1 October 2005) is an Italian high jumper. He won the Italian Indoor Championships and was a bronze medalist at the European Indoor Championships in 2025. [1]

Career

He is from Paderno Dugnano in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy and is coached by Felice Delaini. He finished sixth at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem. [2]

He became Italian Junior champion both outdoors and indoors, and set a new personal best height of 2.21 metres in June 2024. [3] He won the silver medal in the high jump at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships, in Lima, Peru in August 2024, with a new personal best of 2.23 metres. [4] [5] [6]

He improved his personal best to 2.25 metres whilst competing in Parma in December 2024, the highest reached by an Italian junior athlete. [7] He achieved that height again, competing in Udine in February 2025. [8] Later that month, he won the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships with a personal best jump of 2.28 metres, in Ancona. [9] He was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, where he won the bronze medal with a new personal best of 2.29 metres. [10]

References

  1. "Matteo Sioli". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 Feb 2015.
  2. "Athletics, the future of the Italian high jump and beyond at UdinJump 2025". Ilpais. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  3. "Sioli Takes Off: 2.21 (2nd Junior in the World 2024)". Fidal.Lonbardia. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  4. "Paderno Dugnano, Matteo Sioli medaglia d'argento ai Mondiali U20". Nordmilano24.it. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  5. "Matteo Sioli silver at the under 20 World Championships". Fidal.it. August 31, 2024. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  6. "Athletics, Matteo Sioli flies to Parma: 2.25 and U20 record in indoor high jump". SportFace. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  7. "High Jump. Sioli Clears 2,25 at Only Nineteen Years Old". Quotidiano.net. 22 December 2024. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  8. "Athletics Matteo Sioli on the shields in UdinJump Development Great emotions on the platform". Oasport.it. 7 Feb 2025. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  9. "Fortunato shatters world indoor 5000m race walk record in Ancona". European Athletics. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
  10. "Europei indoor: 39 azzurri per Apeldoorn". Fidal.it. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.