Mattia Furlani (born 7 February 2005) is an Italian long jumper, the 2025 outdoor and indoor world champion and the bronze medallist at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Early life and background Furlani is a son of the former high jumper Marcello Furlani (personal best of 2.27 m) who was also his coach before his wife and Mattia mother Khaty Seck became his coach. He is of Senegalese descent through his mother, Khaty Seck (a former sprinter). His sister Erika (born 1996) is a high jumper (1.94 m personal best).
Career In 2022, Furlani won two gold medals at the European U18 Championships in Jerusalem, in the high jump and in the long jump.
On 29 January 2023, still 17, he broke the European U20 indoor long jump record with a leap of 7.99 m for second place at the Folksam Grand Prix in Stockholm, Sweden. In March, he competed in the senior long jump contest at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, where he did not advance to the final. On 24 May, Furlani soared at 8.44 m in the long jump competition at the Meeting di Savona on home soil. It would have been the world U20 record if the wind had not been just above the legal limit at 2.2 m/s, with his mark being the longest in history by an U20 athlete in all conditions.
In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Furlani jumped 8.34 m in his first jump, which was enough to take home the bronze medal. He jumped a World U20 record of 8.38 m that year in Rome. He also jumped a World U20 indoor record with 8.34 in Ancona in the same year.
He won the silver medal in the long jump at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships with a jump of 8.12 metres, just one centimetre behind gold medal winner Bozhidar Sarâboyukov. It reversed a result from the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships where the Italian won gold by a single centimetre with 8.23 m from Sarâboyukov.
At the 2025 World Indoor Championships, Furlani won the gold medal with a 8.30 m jump, just one centimetre more than silver medalist Wayne Pinnock.
A few months later, at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Furlani won the gold medal again with a 8.39 m jump, becoming the youngest long jump world champion ever by doing so.
Achievements Personal bests High jump – 2.17 m (Brescia 2021) High jump indoor – 2.13 m (Ancona 2022) Long jump – 8.43 m (Shaoxing 2026) Long jump indoor – 8.39 m (Toruń 2026)
International competitions 2021European U20 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia7thHigh jump2.15 m2022European U18 ChampionshipsJerusalem, Israel1stHigh jump2.15 m 1stLong jump8.04 m World U20 ChampionshipsCali, Colombia8thHigh jump2.05 m 7thLong jump7.76 m2023European indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey12th (q)Long jump7.57 mEuropean U20 ChampionshipsJerusalem, Israel1stLong jump8.23 m World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary18th (q)Long jump7.85 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom2ndLong jump8.22 mEuropean ChampionshipsRome, Italy2ndLong jump8.38 m Olympic GamesParis, France3rdLong jump8.34 m2025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands2ndLong jump8.12 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China1stLong jump8.30 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan1stLong jump8.39 m2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland2ndLong jump8.39 mEuropean ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom18th (q)Long jump7.73 m
National titles Furlani won two national championships at individual senior level.
Italian Athletics Championships Long jump: 2025 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships Long jump: 2024
See also Italian all-time lists - Long jump
References
External links
Mattia Furlani at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics