Matic Ian Guček

Matic Ian Guček
Guček at the 2022 European Athletics Championships
Personal information
NationalitySlovenian
Born (2003-09-20) 20 September 2003 (age 21)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400m: 46.60 (Nova Gorica, 2022)
400m hurdles: 48.34 (Rome, 2024) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Slovenia
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cali 400m hurdles

Matic Ian Guček (born 20 September 2003) is a Slovenian hurdler. He is a multiple-time national champion and national record holder over 400 metres hurdles.[1]

Career

He won his first Slovenian national title in 2021, winning indoors over 60 metres hurdles.[2] In June of that year, he won the Slovenian 400m hurdles title for the first time.[3] He qualified for the final and placed fifth overall in the Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.[4]

He was a silver medalist in the Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali in 2022, running a 48.91.[5] He also set a senior Slovenian national record with the time, beating the previous best which was held by Rok Kopitar and had stood for 42 years.[6] He was subsequently selected for the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[7]

In 2023, he represented Slovenia in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in which he finished second in Division II.[8] He raced at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in which he finished fourth,[9] and the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[10]

He lowered his own Slovenian national record over 400 metres hurdles in May 2024 in Kranj, running 48.66, which met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11] He finished sixth in 49.13 at the 2024 Diamond League event in Stockholm.[12]

He ran a personal best 48.34 seconds to reach the final of the 400m hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. In his major championship final debut he placed seventh overall, running 48.87 seconds.[13] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, in the 400 metres hurdles.[14]

Personal life

Guček from Celje in Styria.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Matic Ian Guček". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Slovenian Indoor Championships Men's 60m hurdles". World Athletics. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Slovenian Championships Men's 400m hurdles". World Athletics. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ "What to watch at World Athletics Junior Championships Cali 2022". Watch Athletics. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  5. ^ "World U-20 - Clarke stumbles for bronze in men's 400mh". Jamaica Gleaner. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ Zalokar, Lucian (18 August 2022). "He takes the coach to Munich for the anniversary". Delo/si. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  7. ^ Knafelc, Rok (15 August 2022). "Ko je videl svoj čas, je pomislil, da gre za napako". Sportklb. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  8. ^ "European Athletics Team Championships Second Division". World Athletics. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Matic Ian Guček na EP do 23 let osvojil četrto mesto". Slovenska-Atletika. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  10. ^ Smythe, Steve (August 22, 2023). "Overseas results – including days one to three from Budapest". Athltics Weekly. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  11. ^ Viškovič, Rok (13 May 2024). "Nov preskok 20-letnika, ki je zrušil 42 let star slovenski rekord". Sportklub.nlinfo.si. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  12. ^ Johnson, Robert (June 2, 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  13. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Guček zmagal z novim izvrstnim časom". Siol.net. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.


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