Sergio Massidda Explained

Sergio Massidda
Citizenship:	Italian
Birth Date:	2002 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Ghilarza, Italy
Country:	Italy
Sport:	Weightlifting
Weight Class:	61 kg

Sergio Massidda (born 26 January 2002) is an Italian weightlifter. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 World Championships.

Career

He won the silver medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia. He represented Italy at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, as well as the 2021 European Championships and 2018 World Championships.^[1]

Massidda won the gold medal in the men's 55kg event at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships held in Las Vegas, United States.^{[2] [3]}

At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, he won the gold medal in his event.^[4]

Massidda won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.

In August 2024, Massidda competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He failed three attempts to lift 134 kg in the Snatch and he did not compete in the Clean & Jerk. A successful attempt in the Snatch would have placed Massidda in the second position after the lift.

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=65	1	width=65	2	width=65	3	width=45	Rank	width=65	1	width=65	2	width=65	3	width=45	Rank
Summer Olympics
	align=left			132	134	134		—	—	—			—
World Championships
	align=left			105	105	110	8	126	126	131	8	236	7
	align=left			105	109	112	11	130	130	135	9	244	9
	align=left			130	133	135	4	158	162	164	8	293	4
	align=left			135	137	139		163	165	165	7	302
IWF World Cup
	align=left		61 kg	110	110	119	8	135	135	140	7	250	7
		67 kg	140	145	145		165	170	172		317
European Championships
	align=left		55 kg	100	100	105	8	125	130	130	7	225	8
	align=left		61 kg	125	130	130	6	145	155	160	6	280	7
	align=left		61 kg	130	134	137		154	154	162		292
	align=left		67 kg	135	140	141		162	167	167	5	304	4

Notes and References

1. https://www.the-sports.org/sergio-massidda-weightlifting-spf481564.html Sport
2. News: Diamond . James . 9 March 2019 . Hat-trick of golds for Massidda at IWF Youth World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 15 August 2022.
3. Web site: 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships. IWF. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200529164054/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/03/results_book_las_vegas_2019.pdf. 29 May 2020. 29 May 2020.
4. Web site: 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211004142147/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Junior/Resultbook.pdf. 4 October 2021. 4 October 2021. European Weightlifting Federation.