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Antonino Pizzolato

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Antonino Pizzolato
Personal information
NicknameNino[1]
Born (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 28)[1]
Castelvetrano, Italy
Weight89 kg (196 lb)[2]
Sport
Country Italy
SportWeightlifting
Event-89 kg
ClubGS Fiamme Oro[1]
Coached bySebastiano Corbu[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo –81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris –89 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
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tirana –89 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Sofia –89 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran –89 kg S
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran –89 kg CJ
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 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

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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.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021 Tokyo, Japan 81 kg 165 165 168 — 200 203 210 — 365 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2024 Paris, France 89 kg 172 172 176 — 212 212 212 — 384 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 85 kg 145 150 152 25 190 195 195 22 342 24
2015 Houston, United States 85 kg 155 159 161 10 194 198 202 5 363 7
2017 Anaheim, United States 85 kg 155 159 162 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 195 195 196 4 358 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 81 kg 155 160 163 7 195 195 201 9 358 6
European Championships
2015 Tbilisi, Georgia 85 kg 151 155 155 7 191 196 196 6 346 6
2016 Førde, Norway 85 kg 157 161 161 6 197 202 202 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 354 4
2019 Batumi, Georgia 81 kg 155 155 160 6 190 195 201 1st place, gold medalist(s) 356 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 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)
2022 Tirana, Albania 89 kg 170 170 175 1st place, gold medalist(s) 210 212 217 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 392 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2014 Kazan, Russia 85 kg 141 145 149 4 185 185 190 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 334 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015 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 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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting. Men's 81 kg. Group A. Protocol" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Antonino Pizzolato Weightlifting Results". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. 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. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. ^ "PDF Results 2019 World Championships" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  7. ^ "'Marcia su Tokyo 2020': Nino Pizzolato è da podio, Frank Chamizo non è il favorito n.1. Addio baseball". OASport. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Weightlifting PIZZOLATO Antonino". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  9. ^ "JM/Haltérophilie: Faris Touairi en bronze à l'arracher, avec une prise à 161 kg". APS (in French). 3 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  11. ^ Oliver, Brian (9 August 2024). "Paris, Men 89kg: Karlos Nasar smashes world records to take gold and become weightlifting's flag-bearer for the future". IWF. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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