Matteo Melluzzo

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(2002-07-29)29 July 2002 (age 23) Siracusa
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	60 m: 6.65 (Ancona, 2024) 100 m: 10.12 (La Spezia, 2024) 200 m: 21.23 (Siracusa, 2021)
Medal record Men'sathletics Representing Italy European Championships 2024 Rome 4 × 100 m relay European U23 Championships 2023 Espoo 4 × 100 m relay European U20 Championships 2021 Tallinn 100 m 2021 Tallinn 4 × 100 m relay

Matteo Melluzzo (born 29 July 2002) is an Italian sprinter. He won a gold medal at the2024 European Athletics Championships in themen's 4 × 100 metres relay.^[1]

He was a bronze medalist in the 100 metres at the2021 European Athletics U20 Championships inTallinn, running 10.31 seconds.^[2] At the same event he was a bronze medalist in the men's 4 × 100 m relay.^[3]

He ran as part of the Italian4 × 100 m relay team at the2022 European Athletics Championships inMunich.^[4]

He was a gold medalist at the2023 European Athletics U23 Championships inEspoo in the 4 × 100 m relay.^[5]

In May 2024, he lowered his 100 m personal best to 10.13 seconds inRome.^[6] He competed for Italy at the2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the event, and reached thesemi-final. However, in his semi-final there was a faulty start which he did not hear. He completed a what-would-have-been personal best run of 10.12 seconds, only to discover the race had been recalled. After another false start, the running of the race did not go well for him with Melluzzo pulling up with a muscle twinge in his calf. His original 10.12 time would have qualified for the final.^[7][8] Later in the championships, he ran as part of the Italian team that won the gold medal in the4 × 100 m relay.^[9][10]

On 20 June 2024, he won the Italian national 100 metres title with a personal best time of 10.12 seconds.^[11] He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the2024 Paris Olympics.^[12]

He competed at the2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025. On the second day of the competition he helped Italy finish fifth overall having previously helped them secure a qualifying place for the upcoming World Championships.^[13] In September 2025, he competed in the men's 4 x 100 metres at the2025 World Championships inTokyo, Japan.^[14][15]

FromSyracuse, Sicily, he is a member ofGruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle.^[16]

• Matteo Melluzzo atWorld Athletics
• Matteo Melluzzo at theItalian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Matteo Melluzzo atOlympics.com
• Matteo Melluzzo at theItalian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Matteo Melluzzo atOlympedia
• Matteo Melluzzo at InterSportStats
• Matteo Melluzzo at theParis 2024 Summer Olympics
• Matteo Melluzzo – CONI – Paris 2024(in Italian)

• 2002 births
• Living people
• Italian men sprinters
• Sportspeople from Syracuse, Sicily
• Athletes from Sicily
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for Italy
• 21st-century Italian sportsmen
• World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy

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