Matic Ian Guček
{{Short description|Slovenian athlete (born 2003)}}
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| nationality = Slovenian
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400m hurdles
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| pb =400m: 46.60 (Nova Gorica, 2022)
400m hurdles: 48.34 (Rome, 2024) NR
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{{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2022 Cali|400m hurdles}}
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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.{{cite web |title=Matic Ian Guček |website=World Athletics |accessdate=18 May 2024 |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/slovenia/matic-ian-gucek-14874438}}
Career
He won his first Slovenian national title in 2021, winning indoors over 60 metres hurdles.{{cite web |title=Slovenian Indoor Championships Men's 60m hurdles |accessdate=18 May 2024 |date=13 February 2021 |website=World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7161683?eventId=10230176}} In June of that year, he won the Slovenian 400m hurdles title for the first time.{{cite web |title=Slovenian Championships Men's 400m hurdles |accessdate=18 May 2024 |date=5 June 2021 |website=World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7161683?eventId=10230176}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/article/12027/what-to-watch-at-world-athletics-junior-championships-cali-2022 |title=What to watch at World Athletics Junior Championships Cali 2022 |date=1 August 2022 |website=Watch Athletics |accessdate=18 May 2024}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220805/world-u-20-clarke-stumbles-bronze-mens-400mh#google_vignette |website=Jamaica Gleaner |accessdate=18 May 2024 |title=World U-20 - Clarke stumbles for bronze in men's 400mh |date=5 August 2022}} 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.{{cite web |first=Lucian |last=Zalokar |date=18 August 2022 |title=He takes the coach to Munich for the anniversary |url=https://www.delo.si/nedelo/trenerja-pelje-na-obletnico-v-munchen/ |website=Delo/si |accessdate=18 May 2024}} He was subsequently selected for the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.{{cite web |url=https://sportklub.n1info.si/atletika/ko-je-videl-svoj-cas-je-pomislil-da-je-prislo-do-napake/ |website=Sportklb |accessdate=18 May 2024 |title=Ko je videl svoj čas, je pomislil, da gre za napako |first=Rok |last=Knafelc |date=15 August 2022}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173287?eventId=10229612 |title=European Athletics Team Championships Second Division |date=20 June 2023 |website=World Athletics |accessdate=18 May 2024}} He raced at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in which he finished fourth,{{cite web |date=16 July 2023 |title=Matic Ian Guček na EP do 23 let osvojil četrto mesto |url=https://slovenska-atletika.si/ep-u23-2023-dan4/ |website=Slovenska-Atletika |accessdate=18 May 2024}} and the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.{{cite web |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/overseas-results-including-days-one-to-three-from-budapest-1039970614/ |website=Athltics Weekly |title=Overseas results – including days one to three from Budapest |first=Steve |last=Smythe |date=22 August 2023 |access-date=18 May 2024}}
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.{{cite web |title=Nov preskok 20-letnika, ki je zrušil 42 let star slovenski rekord |first=Rok |last=Viškovič |url=https://sportklub.n1info.si/atletika/nov-preskok-20-letnika-ki-je-zrusil-42-let-star-slovenski-rekord/ |website=Sportklub.nlinfo.si |date=13 May 2024 |accessdate=18 May 2024}} He finished sixth in 49.13 at the 2024 Diamond League event in Stockholm.{{cite web |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/06/2024-stockholm-diamond-league-results-2024-bauhaus-galan-results/ |website=Letsrun |accessdate=3 June 2024 |title=2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results |first=Robert |last=Johnson |date=2 June 2024}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229612&gender=M |website=World Athletics |accessdate=10 June 2024 |date=10 June 2024 |title=European Athletics Championships}} He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, in the 400 metres hurdles.{{cite web |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5842/men-s-400m-hurdles-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics |accessdate=30 August 2024 |title=Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics |date=9 August 2024}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{Olympics.com|matic-ian-gucek}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/matic-ian-gucek_1981202 Matic Ian Guček] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- [https://pariz2024.olympic.si/teamslovenia/matic-ian-gucek Matic Ian Guček] at Team Slovenia {{in lang|sl}}
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Category:Slovenian male hurdlers
Category:Sportspeople from Celje
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics