{{short description|Italian javelin thrower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Amos Matteucci | image = Amos Matteucci 01.png |image_size=160px | caption = | nationality = Italy | sport = Athletics | event = Javelin throw | club = CUS Roma | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|9|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Jesi, Ancona, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|26|1915|3|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | height = 183 cm | weight = 80 kg | pb = | medaltemplates= }} '''Amos Matteucci''' (20 March 1915 - 26 December 2008) was an Italian javelin thrower who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1952/ATH/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1952/ATH/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Italy Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games|publisher=sports-reference.com|accessdate=8 September 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == Matteucci won eight national javelin throw championships at individual senior level in 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI-NOMI-U.pdf|title=TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021|publisher=sportolimpico.it|date=1 January 2021|accessdate=16 June 2021}}</ref>
Matteucci won the British AAA Championships title in the javelin throw event at the 1951 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19510715/149/0008 |title=Best Bannister Mile |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=15 July 1951 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=20 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=20 April 2025}}</ref>
== Achievements == {| class="wikitable" width=55% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- !Year !!Competition !!Venue !!Position !!Event!!Measure!!Notes |- |1950 |align=left|European Championships |align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} Brussels |6th |Javelin throw |64.99 m | |- |1952 |align=left|Olympic Games |align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Helsinki |17th |Javelin throw |61.67 m |<ref>He had a better performance, 64.50 m, in the qualification round.</ref> |}
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{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's javelin throw}} {{Footer Italy athletics team at the 1952 Summer Olympics}} {{authority control}}
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