| Pia Lionetti | |
| Fullname: | Pia Carmen Maria Lionetti |
| Sport: | Archery |
| Club: | C.S. Aeronautica Militare |
| Birth Date: | 1987 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy |
| Weight: | 54kg (119lb) |
Pia Carmen Maria Lionetti[1] (born 26 September 1987 in San Giovanni Rotondo), is an Italian archer and twice a member of the Italian Olympic Team. She lives in Barletta and attends the University of Foggia.
She was the Junior World Champion in 2005 winning the individual gold medal and the team gold medal too. In 2006, she won the bronze medal at the European Championships.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Lionetti finished her ranking round with a total of 613 points. This gave her the 51st seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced 14th seed Bérengère Schuh in the first round. The archer from France was too strong with a 112–107 score.[2] Together with Natalia Valeeva and Elena Tonetta she also took part in the team event. With her 613 score from the ranking round combined with the 634 of Valeeva and the 595 of Tonetta the Italian team was in 9th position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the team from Chinese Taipei, beating them with 215–211. However, in the quarter-final they were eliminated by the eventual gold medalists from South Korea, despite a 217 points score. The Koreans managed to shoot a new World Record of 231 points to advance to the semi-final.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics she again competed in the women's individual and team events. She was 10th after the ranking round and beat Karen Hultzer in the first elimination round. She then went on to beat Miranda Leek and Tan Ya-ting, before losing to Aida Román.[3] In the team event, Lionetti, Jessica Tomasi and Natalia Valeeva lost by one point (199-200) to China in the first round.[4]
Individual Junior World Cup (Indoor), Aalborg 2005
Individual Junior European Championship (Indoor), Sassari 2004
Individual Junior European Championship (Outdoor), Nymburk 2004
Individual European Championship (Outdoor), Athens 2006
Individual World Cup (Outdoor), Porec 2006
Team World Cup (Indoor), Aalborg 2005
Team Grand Prix, Sassari 2006
Team World Cup (Outdoor), Antalya 2007
Team Junior (Indoor), Sassari 2004