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Mattia Furlani

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Mattia Furlani
Furlani at Silesia 2023
Personal information
Born (2005-02-07) 7 February 2005 (age 19)
Marino, Lazio, Italy[1]
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Sport
CountryItaly
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump, Long jump
ClubFiamme Oro (2022–)[3]
Atletica Studentesca Rieti Andrea Milardi (2020–2021)[1]
Coached byMarcello Furlani[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • High jump: 2.17 m (2021)
  • Long jump: 8.38 m (2024)
Medal record

Mattia Furlani (born 7 February 2005)[4] is an Italian high jumper and long jumper. He won gold medals in both events at the 2022 European Under-18 Championships. Furlani holds the European U20 indoor record for the long jump. In May 2023, at age 18, he leapt 8.44 m with wind assistance in the event, a mark better than the world U20 record and the longest in history by an U20 athlete in all conditions. At 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris he was bronze medalist.

Early life and background

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Mattia Furlani is a son of the former high jumper Marcello Furlani (personal best of 2.27 m) who is also his coach. He is of Senegalese descent through his mother.[5] His sister Erika (born 1996) is also a high jumper (1.94 m personal best).[1]

Career

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In 2022, Furlani won two gold medals at the European U18 Championships in Jerusalem, in the high jump and in the long jump.[3]

On 29 January 2023, still 17, he broke the European U20 indoor long jump record with a leap of 7.99 m for second place at the Folksam Grand Prix in Stockholm, Sweden.[6] In March, he competed in the senior long jump contest at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, where he did not advance to the final.[7] On 24 May, Furlani soared at 8.44 m in the long jump competition at the Meeting di Savona on home soil. It would have been the world U20 record if the wind had not been just above the legal limit at 2.2 m/s, with his mark being the longest in history by an U20 athlete in all conditions.[8]

In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Furlani jumped 8.34m in his first jump, which was enough to take home the bronze medal.

Achievements

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Personal bests

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International competitions

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Representing  Italy
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
2021 European U20 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 7th High jump 2.15 m
2022 European U18 Championships Jerusalem, Israel 1st High jump 2.15 m
1st Long jump 8.04 m CR AU18B
World U20 Championships Cali, Colombia 8th High jump 2.05 m
7th Long jump 7.76 m
2023 European indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 12th (q) Long jump 7.57 m
European U20 Championships Jerusalem, Israel 1st Long jump 8.23 m CR
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 18th (q) Long jump 7.85 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 2nd Long jump 8.22 m
European Championships Rome, Italy 2nd Long jump 8.38 m PB
Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd Long jump 8.34 m

National titles

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Furlani won a national championship at individual senior level.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Mattia Furlani Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ "MATTIA FURLANI - XXXIII Giochi Olimpici Estivi Parigi 2024". coni.it. CONI. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Furlani sempre show: campione europeo dell'alto!". fidal.it (in Italian). 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Mattia FURLANI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ https://olympics.com/en/news/mattia-furlani-italian-long-jump-teen-sensation--exclusive-spiderman-mourinho
  6. ^ Broadbent, Chris (30 January 2023). "Weekend roundup | Hodgkinson gets 600m world best, Skrzyszowska starts the season with European Lead". European Athletics. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Atletica, Mattia Furlani eliminato agli Europei Indoor! Esordio difficile, bastava 7.75 per passare". oasport.it. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ^ "18-year-old Furlani flies to wind-assisted 8.44m in Savona". European Athletics. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Il volo inesauribile di Mattia Furlani: record mondiale indoor U20 e miglior salto stagionale per il gioiello dell'atletica italiana". olympics.com (in Italian). 17 February 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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