Antonino Pizzolato

Italian weightlifter (born 1996)

Antonino Pizzolato

Personal information

Nickname| Nino[1]
Born|  (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 28)[1]
Castelvetrano, Italy
Weight| 89 kg (196 lb)[2]
Sport
Country|  Italy
Sport| Weightlifting
Event| -89 kg
Club| GS Fiamme Oro[1]
Coached by| Sebastiano Corbu[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests|

* Snatch: 175 kg (2022)
* Clean & Jerk: 217 kg (2022 CWR)
* Total: 392 kg (2022 CWR)

Medal record

Men's weightlifting
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
| 2020 Tokyo | –81 kg
| 2024 Paris | –89 kg
World Championships
| 2017 Anaheim | –85 kg
European Championships
| 2019 Batumi | –81 kg
| 2021 Moscow | –81 kg
| 2022 Tirana | –89 kg
| 2024 Sofia | –89 kg
Mediterranean Games
|  2022 Oran | –89 kg S
|  2022 Oran  | –89 kg CJ
Junior World Championships
| 2015 Wrocław | –85 kg
| 2016 Tbilisi | –85 kg
| 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.

## Personal life

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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

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Year  | Venue  | Weight  | Snatch (kg)  | Clean & Jerk (kg)  | Total  | Rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | Rank  | 1  | 2  | 3  | Rank
Olympic Games
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 81 kg | ~~165~~ | 165 | ~~168~~ | — | 200 | ~~203~~ | ~~210~~ | — | 365 |
2024 | Paris, France | 89 kg | ~~172~~ | 172 | ~~176~~ | — | ~~212~~ | ~~212~~ | 212 | — | 384 |
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 |  | ~~195~~ | ~~195~~ | 196 | 4 | 358 |
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~~ |  | 354 | 4
2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 81 kg | ~~155~~ | 155 | ~~160~~ | 6 | 190 | 195 | 201 |  | 356 |
2021 | Moscow, Russia | 81 kg | 159 | 162 | 164 |  | 195 | 200 | 206 |  | 370 |
2022 | Tirana, Albania | 89 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 |

## 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.
12. ^ "Il bronzo olimpico Antonino Pizzolato è a processo per stupro di gruppo: era imputato già mentre gareggiò a Parigi". il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 25 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

## External links

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* Antonino Pizzolato at the International Weightlifting Federation
* Antonino Pizzolato at Lift Up
* Antonino Pizzolato at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
* Antonino Pizzolato at Olympics.com
* Antonino Pizzolato at Olympedia

*[S]: Snatch
*[CJ]: Clean & Jerk