Matteo RIZZO
ItalyEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Figure Skating |
Men Single Skating | 16 | |
| Team Event | 7 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 4 | Team | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 21 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| World Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 7 | Men Single Skating | 2019 | Saitama, JPN |
| 11 | Men Single Skating | 2021 | Stockholm, SWE |
| 17 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | Milan, ITA |
| 30 | Men Single Skating | 2017 | Helsinki, FIN |
| FNR | Men Single Skating | 2017 | Helsinki, FIN |
| European Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 3 | Men Single Skating | 2019 | Minsk, BLR |
| 5 | Men Single Skating | 2020 | Graz, AUT |
| 9 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | Moscow, RUS |
| 13 | Men Single Skating | 2016 | Bratislava, SVK |
| World Junior Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 3 | Men Single Skating | 2018 | Sofia, BUL |
| 11 | Men Single Skating | 2017 | Taipei City, TPE |
| 13 | Men Single Skating | 2016 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 22 | Men Single Skating | 2015 | Tallinn, EST |
| 30 | Men Single Skating | 2014 | Sofia, BUL |
| Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 3 | Men Single Skating | 2019/20 | Chongqing, CHN |
| 3 | Men Single Skating | 2018/19 | Hiroshima, JPN |
| 4 | Men Single Skating | 2018/19 | Everett, WA, USA |
| 5 | Men Single Skating | 2021/22 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 5 | Men Single Skating | 2021/22 | Sochi, RUS |
| 6 | Men Single Skating | 2019/20 | Kelowna, BC, CAN |
| World Team Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 6 | Team | 2019 | Fukuoka, JPN |
Short Program: Volare by L. Longobardi
Free Skating: Two Men In Love by The Irrepressibles
Formula One, MotoGP, planes, computers. (isuresults.com)
Police officer, University student
Started to study computer science in 2020 at the University of Trento (ITA). (Athlete, 17 Jul 2021)
Father, Valter Rizzo. Mother, Brunilde Bianchi. Sister, Francesca.
Italian, English
G.S. Fiamme Azzurre, Rome
Franca Bianconi (ITA)
Valter Rizzo (ITA) - father
Parents Brunilde Bianchi and Valter Rizzo (Figure skating): Competed at the 1984 European Figure Skating Championships 1984 (20th) and 1985 (13th) in ice dance. Coach, choreographer.
Sister Francesca Rizzo (Figure skating): Competed at the international junior level in ice dance and was 17th at the 2010 Junior Grand Prix Czech Skate 2010. Coach.
2014 Bavarian Open (Single skating - 9th)
April 2021: Tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the ISU 2021 World Team Trophy. (Instagram, 14 Apr 2021)
Valter Rizzo (ITA) - father
2006 in Milan.
Comes from a figure skating family with his parents and his sisters being competitive ice dancers, and his parents are now figure skating coaches. "I tried different sports. I did soccer, swimming, basketball, tennis, I did a lot of sports. But in the end, I really enjoyed skating." (isu.org, 17 Nov 2018)
"Follow my dreams." (Athlete, 17 Jul 2021)
Trains in Bergamo.
First Italian man to win a medal at the World Junior Championships (bronze in 2018).
Winning the bronze medal at the 2019 European Championships. (isuresults.com)
Formula One driver Charles Leclerc (MON). (Athlete, 17 Jul 2021)
Figure skater Javier Fernandez (ESP), 2018 Olympic bronze medallist, two-time world figure skating champion. "He is amazing, and he is really the skater that I want to be." (isu.org, 17 Nov 2018)
His girlfriend Camilla. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2021)
"You don’t compete to be second." (goldenskate.com, 11 Jun 2019)
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