- Status: Active
- Height: 184cm (6’0”)
- Weight: 67kg (148 lbs)
- Age: 20
- Birthday: February 7, 2005
- Nationality: Italian
- Events: Long jump, high jump
- Personal Bests:
- Long jump: 8.38m
- High jump: 2.17m
Mattia Furlani Honours
- 2024 Olympic Games bronze medalist in the long jump
- 2025 Indoor World Champion
- U20 World Record Holder in the long jump (8.38m)
Sports Career of Mattia Furlani | Mattia Furlani Biography
Mattia Furlani is one of the most promising young long jumpers in the sport. He has already won an Olympic medal despite only recently turning 20, and achieved this while still a junior.
Furlani was born into an athletic family, with both his parents being former track athletes themselves. He would show early promise in both the high jump and long jump. In 2019, he jumped 1.99 meters at the age of 14 to win the Italian U16 Championships.
Much of his next season would be disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but he would jump 2.10 meters in September. With competitions resuming their normal schedule again in 2021, Furlani would really flash his promise.
He would run 10.88 seconds in the 100 meters and go on to jump 2.16 meters in the high jump at the Italian Championships at the age of 16. He would have another great performance at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Estonia, finishing 7th with a jump of 2.15 meters against people three years older than him. He would better his best to 2.17 meters at the end of the summer at the Italian U18 Club Championships.
Switch from High Jump to Long Jump
Despite showing extraordinary promise in the high jump, Furlani would start competing in the long jump the next season. In his first competition, he jumped 7.47 meters. He would continue competing in both jumps throughout the year, also occasionally running the short sprints. He ran 10.64 seconds in the 100 meters.
Furlani improved his long jump to 8.04 meters by the end of the season, a mark that won the European U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel. He would also win the high jump with a jump of 2.15 meters.
Furlani would also go on to finish seventh at the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in the long jump, and eighth in the high jump. On August 10th, still only 17, he would compete in his first Diamond League Meeting in Monaco, jumping 7.90 meters and finishing seventh.
In 2023, Furlani would drop the high jump completely to focus on the long jump. The decision would pay off since he would jump 8.44 meters with a 2.2m/s wind on May 24th, which would have been over the World U20 Record had the wind stayed under 2.0m/s. A few days later, he would jump 8.24 meters into a headwind at the FBK Games in the Netherlands.
In August 2023, Furlani would win the U20 European Championships in the same stadium where he won the U18 title the year before. He would also compete at the World Championships in Budapest, but wouldn’t make it past qualifying.
The next season, he would finish second at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, jumping 8.22 meters. On May 15th, 2024, Furlani would break the World U20 record when he jumped 8.36 meters, breaking Sergey Morgunov’s record by one centimeter.
He would break his own record by two centimeters at the European Championships, jumping 8.38 meters and finishing second to Miltiadis Tentoglou. He would go on to win his first Olympic Medal in Paris, jumping 8.34 meters into a headwind and finishing third behind Tentoglou and Wayne Pinnock.
Mattia Furlani Personal Life and Other Facts | Who is Mattia Furlani?
Mattia Furlani is the son of the former high jumper Marcello Furlani, who jumped 2.27m. His mother, Khaty Seck, is of Senegalese heritage and used to compete in the 100-meter and 200-meter.
Mattia started as a high jumper, like his father, before focusing on the long jump. In an interview with Olympics.com in 2023, he said:
“I was born as a high jumper because my father was a former high jumper and he taught me how to jump. He passed on his passion to me, so naturally, I developed a liking for high jumping. I have always been a high jumper.”
Furlani also has two siblings, Erika and Luca, who both focus on the jumps. At the time of writing, Erika had a personal best of 1.94 meters in the high jump and is the former Italian Champion from 2017. Luca has a personal best of 7.19 meters in the long jump.
When he was younger, Furlani also tried other sports like basketball and other track events, such as the short sprints. He ran 10.64 seconds in the 100-meter dash as a 17-year-old.
Furlani has said that “Mondo” Duplantis is a source of inspiration both on and off the field. He called Duplantis “the perfect role model” of an athlete.
FAQs
Where are Mattia Furlani’s Parents From? | Furlani Parents | Mattia Furlani Genitori
Mattia Furlani’s dad, Marcello Furlani, was an Italian high jumper. His mom is a former international-level sprinter from Senegal
What is Mattia Furlani’s Personal Best?
Furlani has a personal best of 8.38 meters in the long jump. He has also jumped 8.44 meters with a slightly illegal wind.