Filippo Tortu

Filippo Tortu

Tortu at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Personal information
Born	(1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 (age 26) Milan, Italy[1]
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached by	Salvino 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 with a personal best in the 100 meters of 9.99, the first Italian in history to break the 10 seconds barrier, and the second fastest Italian in history following Marcell Jacobs. He won the gold medal in 100 metres at the 2017 European U20 Championships and the silver medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships. He ran the anchor leg in the 4×100m relay of the Italian team that won the gold medal (the fifth fastest anchor of all time) at the 2020 Summer Olympics and at the 2024 European Championships, and the silver medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

At the individual level in the 200 metres he won the silver medal at the 2024 European Championships and the bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships. He is coached by his father, Salvino Tortu, a former Sardinian sprinter who moved to Lombardy.^[1]