Matteo Zurloni (born 20 March 2002) is an Italian
competition speed climber. He won the speed event at the
2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships
The 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 18th edition, was held in Bern, Switzerland from 1 to 12 August 2023. The competition climbing championships consisted of lead, speed, bouldering, and boulder & lead combined events, along with the ...
, qualifying him for the
2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
.
Career
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Zurloni won by 0.01 seconds his heat against China's
Long Jinbao in the elimination round of qualifications. Zurloni ended up in sixth place after losing 0.002 seconds in the quarterfinals to another China's
Wu Peng
Wu Peng (; born May 16, 1987, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang) is a Chinese swimmer. He has concentrated on the butterfly since the 10th National Games in 2005.
Early life and career
Wu's parents first sent him to the pool when he was four years old as ...
, the eventual silver medalist.
Major results
Olympic Games
World championships
World Cup
European championships
References
External links
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2002 births
People from Segrate
Italian mountain climbers
Living people
Italian rock climbers
21st-century Italian sportsmen
IFSC Climbing World Championships medalists
Speed climbers
European Games competitors for Italy
Sport climbers at the 2023 European Games
Sport climbers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Italian competition climbers
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