Antonino Pizzolato
Personal information
NicknameNino[1]
NationalityItalian
Born (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996[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
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo–81 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Anaheim–85 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Batumi–81 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Moscow–81 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Tirana–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 place2015 Wrocław–85 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 Tbilisi–85 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 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] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's 81 kg, winning a bronze medal.[6]

Career

In 2019 he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 81 kg category winning the gold medal in the clean & jerk and total.[7] Later in 2019 Pizzolato competed at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships,[8] he finished in sixth place with a 358 kg total in the 81 kg category.

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]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Italy
Summer Olympics
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan81 kg165165168220020321033653rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan85 kg145150152251901951952234224
2015United States Houston, United States85 kg1551591611019419820253637
2017United States Anaheim, United States85 kg1551591623rd place, bronze medalist(s)19519519643583rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand81 kg155160163719519520193586
European Championships
2015Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia85 kg151155155719119619663466
2016Norway Førde, Norway85 kg15716116161972022023rd place, bronze medalist(s)3544
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia81 kg15515516061901952011st place, gold medalist(s)3561st place, gold medalist(s)
2021Russia Moscow, Russia81 kg1591621641st place, gold medalist(s)1952002062nd place, silver medalist(s)3701st place, gold medalist(s)
2022Albania Tirana, Albania89 kg1701701751st place, gold medalist(s)210212217 WR1st place, gold medalist(s)392 WR1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2014Russia Kazan, Russia85 kg14114514941851851903rd place, bronze medalist(s)3343rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015Poland Wrocław, Poland85 kg1501531542nd place, silver medalist(s)1901931932nd place, silver medalist(s)3472nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia85 kg1531561592nd place, silver medalist(s)1931952011st place, gold medalist(s)3602nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "2019 European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "'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.
  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.
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