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{{Short description|Slovenian sprinter (born 1980)}}
{{no footnotes|date=February 2013}}
{{MedalTableTop|Matic Osovnikar.jpg|200px|Osovnikar at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{SLO}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2006 European Athletics Championships|2006 Gothenburg]] | [[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 metres]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]]|[[Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|100 metres]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]]|[[Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|200 metres]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]]|[[Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|4x100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}
'''Matic Osovnikar''' (born January 19, 1980, in [[Kranj]]) is a former [[Slovenia]]n athlete specializing in the 100 metres. Osovnikar competed in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in his second round heat.

He was the bronze medalist in the 100 m at the [[2006 European Athletics Championships]], setting a new [[Slovene records in athletics|national record]] (10.14 s).

He finished 7th in the 100 m final at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Championships]] in [[Osaka]] with a time of 10.23 s.

At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], Osovnikar competed at the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 metres]] and placed 3rd in his heat after [[Samuel Francis (athlete)|Samuel Francis]] and [[Marc Burns]] in a time of 10.46 seconds. He qualified for the second round in which he improved his time to 10.24 seconds. However, he was unable to qualify for the semi-finals as he finished in 6th place of his heat. He also took part in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres]] finishing fourth with a time of 20.89 seconds in his first round heat. With 20.95 seconds in the second round he only placed eighth in his heat, which was not enough for the semi-finals.

==Personal bests==
'''100m&nbsp;''': 10.13 ([[Osaka]] 2007)<br>
'''200m&nbsp;''': 20.47 ([[Athens]] 2004)

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{SLO}}
|-
|1998
|[[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Annecy]], [[France]]
|17th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.18]]
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|15th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.25]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2001
|rowspan=3|[[2001 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
|4th
|100m
|[[2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.47]] '''w''' <small>(wind: 2.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|12th (h)
|200m
|[[2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.41]] <small>(wind: 0.1&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.95]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|[[Radès]], [[Tunisia]]
|6th
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games – Results#100 meters|10.32]] (w)
|-
|rowspan=4|2002
|[[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
|21st (h)
|200 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.26]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2002 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Munich]], [[Germany]]
|15th (sf)
|100 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.49]]
|-
|33rd (h)
|200 m
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.55]]
|-
|10th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay|39.71]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham]], [[United Kingdom]]
|4th
|200 m
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.17]]
|-
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris]], [[France]]
|26th (qf)
|100 m
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.35]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
|5th
|60 m
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.58]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|25th (qf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.26]]
|-
|15th (sf)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.89]]
|-
|rowspan=7|2005
|rowspan=2|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
|6th (sf)
|60 m
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.66]]
|-
|14th (h)
|200 m
|[[2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.09]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Almería]], [[Spain]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games – Results#100 meters|10.35]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games – Results#200 meters|20.75]]
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games – Results#4 x 100 meters relay|39.57]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|21st (qf)
|100 m
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.48]]
|-
|31st (h)
|200 m
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.94]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|4th
|60 m
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.58]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|100 m
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.14]]
|-
|14th (sf)
|200 m
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.08]]
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2007
|[[2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham]], [[United Kingdom]]
|4th
|60 m
|[[2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.63]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|7th
|100 m
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.23]]
|-
|17th (qf)
|200 m
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.65]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Beijing]], [[China]]
|22nd (qf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.24]]
|-
|27th (h)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.95]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Turin]], [[Italy]]
|20th (h)
|60 m
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|6.74]]
|-
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
|51st (h)
|100 m
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.52]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2010
|rowspan=3|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
|18th (sf)
|100 m
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.51]]
|-
|28th (h)
|200 m
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|21.36]]
|-
| –
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay|DQ]]
|-
|2012
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|26th (h)
|100 m
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.60]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{World Athletics}}
*[http://www.maticosovnikar.com/index.php?lang=2 maticosonvikar.com]

{{Slovenian Sportsman of the Year}}
{{Footer Mediterranean Champions 100m Men}}
{{Footer Mediterranean Champions 200m Men}}

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Slovenian men sprinters]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Slovenia]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kranj]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Slovenia]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Slovenia]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics]]