Matteo Galvan

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.

Matteo Galvan

Matteo Galvan in 2018
Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	24 August 1988 Vicenza, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
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: 45.12 (2016)
Medal record European Indoor Championships 2009 Torino 4x400 m relay European Team Championships 2019 Bydgoszcz 4x400 m relay Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin 400 m 2013 Mersin 4×400 m relay 2018 Tarragona 4×400 m relay 2009 Pescara 200 m European U23 Championships 2009 Kaunas 4×400 m relay World Youth Championships 2005 Marrakesh 200 m

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

• 400 metres: 45.12 (Rieti, june 2016). Current record established at the 2016 Italian Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh	3rd	200 m	21.14
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing	Final	200 m	DSQ	[8]
			19th (h)	4×100m relay	41.59
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin	1st	4x400 m relay	3:06.68
			6th	400 m	47.45	[9]
	Mediterranean Games	Pescara	2nd	200 m	20.92
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas	4th	200m	20.62	(wind: -0.2 m/s)
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:03.79
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin	1st	400 m	45.59
			1st	4×400 m relay	3.04.61	SB
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague	6th	400 m	46.87
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam	8th	400 m	45.80	[10]
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona	1st	4x400 m relay	3:03.54
	European Championships	Berlin	SF (9th)	400 m	45.17	SB

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 100 metres: 2011
  • 200 metres: 2008
  • 400 metres: 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019

See also

• Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists - 400 metres
• Italy national relay team

References

1. "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" UOMINI - TUTTI I CAMPIONI 1906-2018" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
2. Matteo Galvan at World Athletics. 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. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
5. "4x100 Metres Relay - M - Heats". IAAF. 18 August 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. 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 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.

External links

• Matteo Galvan at FIDAL (in Italian)
• Matteo Galvan at World Athletics
• Matteo Galvan at the International Olympic Committee
• Matteo Galvan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)