Antonino Pizzolato

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Antonino Pizzolato
Personal information
Nickname(s)Nino[1]
NationalityItalian
Born (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 25)[1]
Castelvetrano
Weight80.90 kg (178 lb)[2]
Sport
Country Italy
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)-81 kg
ClubGS Fiamme Oro[1]
Coached bySebastiano Corbu[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 165 kg (2021)
  • Clean & Jerk: 206 kg (2021)
  • Total: 370 kg (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo –81 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Anaheim –85 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi –81 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Moscow –81 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Wrocław –85 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tbilisi –85 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan –85 kg

Antonino Pizzolato (born 20 August 1996) is an Italian weightlifter,[3] Olympian, and two-time European Champion[4] competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[5] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's 81 kg, winning a bronze medal.[6]

Career[]

In 2019 he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 81 kg category winning the gold medal in the clean & jerk and total.[7] Later in 2019 Pizzolato competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships,[8] he finished in sixth place with a 358 kg total in the 81 kg category.

Major results[]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Italy
Summer Olympics
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 81 kg 165 165 168 2 200 203 210 3 365 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 85 kg 145 150 152 25 190 195 195 22 342 24
2015 United States Houston, United States 85 kg 155 159 161 10 194 198 202 5 363 7
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 85 kg 155 159 162 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 195 195 196 4 358 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 81 kg 155 160 163 7 195 195 201 9 358 6
European Championships
2015 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia 85 kg 151 155 155 7 191 196 196 6 346 6
2016 Norway Førde, Norway 85 kg 157 161 161 6 197 202 202 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 354 4
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 81 kg 155 155 160 6 190 195 201 1st place, gold medalist(s) 356 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia 81 kg 159 162 164 1st place, gold medalist(s) 195 200 206 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 370 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2015 Russia Kazan, Russia 85 kg 141 145 149 4 185 185 190 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 334 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015 Poland Wrocław, Poland 85 kg 150 153 154 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 190 193 193 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 347 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia 85 kg 153 156 159 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 193 195 201 1st place, gold medalist(s) 360 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting. Men's 81 kg. Group A. Protocol" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Antonino Pizzolato Weightlifting Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Sollevamento pesi, Antonino Pizzolato SBANCA TUTTO! Impresa da fenomeno, va all-in nello slancio e completa una rimonta epica! E' campione d'Europa!". OASport. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. ^ PDF Results 2019 World Championships
  6. ^ "Weightlifting PIZZOLATO Antonino - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  7. ^ 2019 European Championships Results Book
  8. ^ "'Marcia su Tokyo 2020': Nino Pizzolato è da podio, Frank Chamizo non è il favorito n.1. Addio baseball". OASport. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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