Philippe Rizzo
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Full name | Philippe Rizzo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, Australia | 9 February 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Canberra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Australian Institute of Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Vladimir Vatkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | YU BO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Philippe Rizzo (born 9 February 1981 in Sydney), is an Australian gymnast and Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He was the first Australian to win a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships when he won silver on the horizontal bar in Ghent in 2001. He is also the first Australian to win a gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships when he won the horizontal bar in Aarhus in 2006.[1]
Rizzo is also a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist and has represented Australia at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
His hobbies include playing the guitar and surfing. Rizzo joined the AIS in 1995. His family is highly involved with gymnastics and runs the Australian Academy of Sport, one of the most prestigious gyms in the country.
References[]
- ^ "Rizzo claims first gymnastic gold". 22 October 2006.
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Australian Institute of Sport gymnasts
- Australian male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnasts at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World champion gymnasts
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Olympic gymnasts of Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
- Universiade medalists in gymnastics
- Universiade gold medalists for Australia