Filippo Tortu

Filippo Tortu
Tortu at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998
Milan, Italy[1]
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached bySalvino Tortu
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 60 m: 6.58 (2019)
  • 100 m: 9.99 (2018)
  • 200 m: 20.10 (2022)
  • 4 × 100 m relay: 37.50 (2021) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 0 1 0
World Relays 1 0 0
European Championships 1 1 1
European Games 0 1 0
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
World U20 Championships 0 1 0
European U20 Championships 1 1 0
Total 5 5 1
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
2023 Budapest 4 × 100 m relay
World Relays
2021 Chorzów 4 × 100 m relay
European Championships
2024 Rome 4 × 100 m relay
2024 Rome 200 m
2022 Munich 200 m
European Games
2023 Kraków-Małopolska 4 × 100 m relay
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona 4 × 100 m relay
World U20 Championships
2016 Bydgoszcz 100 m
European U20 Championships
2017 Grosseto 100 m
2017 Grosseto 4 × 100 m relay

Filippo Tortu (born 15 June 1998) is an Italian sprinter. He was the first Italian to break the 10-second barrier and is the second fastest Italian in the 100 metres after Marcell Jacobs. He ran the anchor leg in the 4 × 100 m relay of the Italian team that won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. His leg was the fifth fastest anchor of all time.

He is coached by his father, Salvino Tortu, a former Sardinian sprinter who moved to Lombardy.[1]

Biography

Born in Milan to a Sardinian father, former runner Salvino, and a Lombard mother, Paola Confalonieri, he began to play sports at the age of eight years, dividing his time between track and field and basketball.

In 2010 and 2011, he won the title of fastest runner in Milan while competing in the categories of prima media and seconda media (first and second years of middle school). He then began to dedicate himself entirely to track and field, coached by his father. In 2013, he won the 80 meters in the Italian championships in Jesolo (category cadetto) with a time of 9.09.

He finished third at the 2014 trials for the European Youth Olympic Games, but did not qualify. He did, however, qualify for the 200 meters, but in a preliminary race for the Youth Olympics, he fell at the finish line; he broke both arms, and as a result, he was not able to compete in the finals. In 2015, he broke the Italian youth record in the 100 meters with a time of 10.33, as well as in the 200 meters with a time of 20.92.

In 2016, he broke the Italian junior record of 100 meters in Savona, twice obtaining a time of 10.24; this record had been unbeaten for 34 years, and was held by Pierfrancesco Pavoni who ran the distance in 10.25 at the 1982 European Championships. A month later, he landed his first Italian title in Rieti, winning the final of 100 meters in 10.32. He took part in the European Championships in Amsterdam, where he qualified for the semifinals by winning with a time of 10.19, which was a new Italian junior record. He failed, however, to reach the final by 0.03 seconds. He also ran the final leg of 4 × 100 relay, finishing in 5th place. He participated at the World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, where he won the silver medal in 100 meters with a time of 10.24, behind American Noah Lyles (10.17). In the same championships, he participated in the 4 × 100 relay where they finished 7th.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tortu competed in the men's 100 m. He reached the semi-final, but did not qualify for the finals.[2] Tortu also ran the anchor leg in the 4 × 100 relay final, coming from behind to pip the British team by one-hundredth of a second, running his leg with only 8.845 seconds and winning an unexpected historic gold.[3]

In 2024, he competed at the Summer Olympics, this time competing in the 200 metres instead. He reached the semifinal round but did not qualify for the finals.[4] He ran the anchor leg of the 4 × 100 relay to defend their title, but finished in 4th.[5]

National records

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2014 Youth Olympic Games Nanjing Final 200 metres DNS [8]
2016 European Championships Amsterdam 9th (sf) 100 metres 10.19
5th 4 × 100 m relay 38.69
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2nd 100 metres 10.24
7th 4 × 100 m relay 40.02
2017 IAAF World Relays Nassau Heat 4 × 100 m relay DQ R170.7
European U20 Championships Grosseto 1st 100 metres 10.73 (–4.3)
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.50
World Championships London 17th (sf) 200 metres 20.62 w
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona 1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.49
European Championships Berlin 5th 100 metres 10.08
Heat 4 × 100 m relay DQ R170.7
2019 IAAF World Relays Yokohama Final 4 × 100 m relay DNF [9]
World Championships Doha 7th 100 metres 10.07 SB
10th (sf) 4 × 100 m relay 38.11 NR
2021 World Athletics Relays Chorzów 1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.21 [10]
Olympic Games Tokyo 18th (sf) 100 metres 10.16 [11]
1st 4 × 100 m relay 37.50 NR
2022 World Championships Eugene 9th (sf) 200 metres 20.10
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.74 SB
European Championships Munich 3rd 200 metres 20.27
2023 European Team Championships Chorzów 5th 200 metres 20.61
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.47 SB
World Championships Budapest 25th (h) 200 metres 20.46
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 37.62 SB [12]
2024 World Athletics Relays Nassau Final 4 × 100 m relay DQ [13]
European Championships Rome 2nd 200 metres 20.41 [14]
1st 4 × 100 m relay 37.82 EL
2025 World Relays Guangzhou 5th 4 × 100 m relay 38.20

Personal bests

Outdoor
Indoor

National titles

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "FIDAL profile". Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Athletics - TORTU Filippo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ^ Coskrey, Jason (6 August 2021). "Italy sprints to gold in men's 4x100-meter final; Japan does not finish". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Men's 200m - Semi-Final 3/3 results" (PDF). Olympics. 7 August 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ "SPRINT RECORDS FALL IN MADRID". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018. ...the European junior champion clocked 9.99 to beat the long-standing Italian record of 10.01 set by Pietro Mennea back in 1979, 19 years before Tortu was born.
  7. ^ "Athletics - Final Results - Men's 4 x 100m Relay". IOC. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  8. ^ 21.38 in semifinals.
  9. ^ 38.29 in semifinals SB.
  10. ^ 38.45 in semifinals EL.
  11. ^ 10.10 in heats SB.
  12. ^ WL in semifinals.
  13. ^ 38.14 in semifinals.
  14. ^ 20.14 in semifinals SB.
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