Antonino Pizzolato Explained

Antonino Pizzolato
Nickname:Nino[1]
Birth Date:1996 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Castelvetrano, Italy
Club:GS Fiamme Oro
Coach:Sebastiano Corbu
Weight:89 kg[2]
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:-89 kg
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Antonino Pizzolato (born 20 August 1996) is an Italian weightlifter,[3] Olympian, and three-time European Champion[4] competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and the 81 kg and 89 kg categories starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the weight classes.[5]

Career

In 2019 Pizzolato competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 81 kg category, winning the gold medal in the Clean & Jerk and total.[6] Later, in 2019 he competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships,[7] finishing in sixth place with a 358 kg total in the 81 kg category.

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's 81 kg, winning a bronze medal.[8]

He won the gold medal in the men's 89 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[9] [10]

In August 2024, Pizzolato competed in the men's 89 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 384 kg in total and won his second Olympic bronze medal. Pizzolato originally failed all three attempts in Clean & Jerk but the jury overturned a unanimous no-lift decision by the referees on his final lift.[11] Pizzolato made just four successful attempts to win two Olympic medals.

Personal life

As of November 2024, Pizzolato is on trial for aggravated gang rape. He and his three friends are accused of raping a 27-year-old Finnish female tourist at a residence in Trapani, Italy, on 22 July 2022.[12]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
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Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan 165 165 168 200 203 210 365
Paris, France 172 172 176 212 212 212 384
World Championships
Almaty, Kazakhstan 145 150 152 25 190 195 195 22 342 24
Houston, United States 155 159 161 10 194 198 202 5 363 7
Anaheim, United States 155 159 162 195 195 196 4 358
align=left Pattaya, Thailand 155 160 163 7 195 195 201 9 358 6
European Championships
align=left Tbilisi, Georgia 85 kg 151 155 155 7 191 196 196 6 346 6
Førde, Norway 85 kg 157 161 161 6 197 202 202 354 4
2019Batumi, Georgia81 kg 155 155 160 6 190 195 201 356
2021Moscow, Russia81 kg 159 162 164 195 200 206 370
2022Tirana, Albania89 kg 170 170 175 210 212 217 WR 392 WR
World Junior Championships
2014 Kazan, Russia 85 kg 141 145 149 4 185 185 190 334
2015 Wrocław, Poland 85 kg 150 153 154 190 193 193 347
2016 Tbilisi, Georgia 85 kg 153 156 159 193 195 201 360

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete Biography . IWF.net . January 27, 2020 . 5 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905201022/http://www.iwf.net/biography/?id=1093396 . dead.
  2. Web site: Weightlifting. Men's 81 kg. Group A. Protocol . olympics.com . 31 July 2021 . 31 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210731090256/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C66_WLFM81KG--------------FNL-A00100--.pdf . dead.
  3. Web site: Antonino Pizzolato Weightlifting Results . IWF.net . January 27, 2020 . 13 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413071503/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/athletes_newbw/?athlete=pizzolato-antonino-1996-08-20&id=7789 . live.
  4. Web site: Sollevamento pesi, Antonino Pizzolato SBANCA TUTTO! Impresa da fenomeno, va all-in nello slancio e completa una rimonta epica! E' campione d'Europa! . OASport . 10 April 2019 . January 27, 2020 . 2 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210802055136/https://www.oasport.it/2019/04/sollevamento-pesi-antonino-pizzolato-sbanca-tutto-impresa-da-fenomeno-va-all-in-nello-slancio-e-completa-una-rimonta-epica-e-campione-deuropa2/ . live.
  5. Web site: PDF Results 2019 World Championships . 27 January 2020 . 27 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190927111058/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf . live.
  6. Web site: 2019 European Championships Results Book . 27 January 2020 . 27 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200527125846/http://www.ewfed.com/2019/Batumi/Results/EWF19RESULTSBATUMI.pdf . live.
  7. Web site: 'Marcia su Tokyo 2020': Nino Pizzolato è da podio, Frank Chamizo non è il favorito n.1. Addio baseball . OASport . 23 September 2019 . January 27, 2020 . 2 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210802055118/https://www.oasport.it/2019/09/marcia-su-tokyo-2020-nino-pizzolato-e-da-podio-frank-chamizo-non-e-il-favorito-n-1-addio-baseball/ . live.
  8. Web site: Weightlifting PIZZOLATO Antonino . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210731183349/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n1351142-pizzolato-antonino.htm . 31 July 2021 . 2021-09-18 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . en-us.
  9. News: 3 July 2022 . JM/Haltérophilie: Faris Touairi en bronze à l'arracher, avec une prise à 161 kg . fr . APS . 25 August 2022.
  10. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705183534/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/GDM2022_WLF_v1.1.pdf . 5 July 2022 . 6 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  11. News: Oliver . Brian . Paris, Men 89kg: Karlos Nasar smashes world records to take gold and become weightlifting's flag-bearer for the future . 23 August 2024 . IWF . 9 August 2024.
  12. Web site: Il bronzo olimpico Antonino Pizzolato è a processo per stupro di gruppo: era imputato già mentre gareggiò a Parigi . 25 November 2024 . . it . 28 November 2024.

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