Matteo Rizzo
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| Country represented | Italy | |||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 Rome, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Coach | Franca Bianconi, Valter Rizzo | |||||||||||||
| Former coach | Ilaria Ponti, Angela Puglisi | |||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Corrado Giordano, Massimo Scali, Vakhtang Murvanidze | |||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Valter Rizzo | |||||||||||||
| Skating club | Icelab Bergamo | |||||||||||||
| Former skating club | Sesto Ice Skate | |||||||||||||
| Training locations | Bergamo | |||||||||||||
| Former training locations | Sesto San Giovanni Courmayeur | |||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2006 | |||||||||||||
| World standing | 24 (2017–18) 35 (2016–17) 40 (2015–16) 77 (2014–15) 106 (2013–14) | |||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | ||||||||||||||
| Combined total | 232.98 2017 CS Warsaw Cup | |||||||||||||
| Short program | 85.51 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy | |||||||||||||
| Free skate | 157.34 2017 CS Warsaw Cup | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matteo Rizzo (born 5 September 1998) is an Italian figure skater. He is the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 JGP Italy champion. On the senior level, he is the 2018 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and 2018 Italian national champion, and has won three ISU Challenger Series medals, including gold at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. He represented Italy at the 2018 Winter Olympics, qualifying to the free skate and finishing 21st overall.
Contents
1 Personal life
2 Career
2.1 Early years
2.2 2013–2014 season
2.3 2014–2015 season
2.4 2015–2016 season
2.5 2016–2017 season
2.6 2017–2018 season
2.7 2018–2019 season
3 Programs
4 Competitive highlights
5 Detailed results
6 References
7 External links
Personal life
Matteo Rizzo was born on 5 September 1998 in Rome.[1] His parents, Brunilde Bianchi and Valter Rizzo,[2] and sister, Francesca Rizzo, all competed in ice dancing.[1]
Career
Early years
Rizzo began learning to skate in 2006.[3] He competed internationally on the novice level in the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 seasons, winning silver at the Triglav Trophy in April 2012. His junior international debut came in September 2012, at the Ice Star event in Belarus.
2013–2014 season
Rizzo debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2013, placing 11th at an event in Slovakia, and won the Italian national junior title in December. In January–February 2014, making his senior international debut, he finished 9th at the Bavarian Open and 5th at the Dragon Trophy, before taking the silver medal at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial. He competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria but was eliminated after placing 30th in the short program.
2014–2015 season
Rizzo placed 15th at his sole JGP assignment, in Germany. Competing on the senior level from November to December, he won silver at the Merano Cup, bronze at the Warsaw Cup – his ISU Challenger Series (CS) debut – gold at the Denkova-Staviski Cup, and silver at the Italian Championships. In January 2015, he placed fourth at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Austria. His final event of the season was the 2015 World Junior Championships, held in March 2015 in Tallinn, Estonia. Rizzo qualified for the free skate by placing 20th in the short program and finished 22nd overall.
2015–2016 season
Rizzo continued on the JGP series, placing 5th at his assignments in Austria and Spain. He earned a bronze medal at the 2015 CS Denkova-Staviski Cup and finished 5th at the 2015 CS Warsaw Cup. He reached the free skate at two ISU Championships – the 2016 Europeans in Bratislava, and the 2016 Junior Worlds in Debrecen, Hungary. He placed 13th at both events.
2016–2017 season
Rizzo competed at JGP events in Germany and Spain, finishing 12th and 8th, respectively. He placed 11th at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei and 30th at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki.
2017–2018 season
Rizzo began his season in September, at two senior-level competitions. After placing 5th at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy with a new free skate personal best, he finished 4th at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, qualifying Italy a spot in the men's discipline at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
In October, Rizzo competed at two JGP events. He placed second in the short program at the JGP Poland in Gdańsk, but his placement in the free skate (10th) dropped him to 6th overall. Ranked second in the short and first in the free, he won the gold medal at JGP Italy in Egna, setting new personal bests for the short program as well as his overall score.
Returning to the senior level, Rizzo won gold at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup, having placed first in both segments ahead of Switzerland's Stéphane Walker and Canada's Liam Firus. In December, he won the national title and was selected to represent Italy at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
2018–2019 season
Programs
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| 2013–2014 [8] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[9] | |||||||||
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| Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| Olympics | 21st | ||||||||
| Worlds | 30th | 17th | |||||||
| Europeans | 13th | 9th | |||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||
GP Skate America | 4th | ||||||||
CS Denkova-Stav. | 3rd | ||||||||
CS Finlandia | 6th | ||||||||
CS Lombardia | 5th | 4th | |||||||
CS Nebelhorn | 4th | ||||||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 1st | |||||
| Bavarian Open | 9th | 5th | |||||||
| Cup of Tyrol | 2nd | ||||||||
| Denkova-Staviski | 1st | 1st | |||||||
| Dragon Trophy | 5th | ||||||||
| Golden Bear | 4th | ||||||||
| Hellmut Seibt | 2nd | 6th | 7th | ||||||
| Merano Cup | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||
| MNNT Cup | 1st | ||||||||
| International: Junior[9] | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 30th | 22nd | 13th | 11th | 3rd | ||||
JGP Austria | 5th | ||||||||
JGP Germany | 15th | 12th | |||||||
JGP Italy | 1st | ||||||||
JGP Poland | 6th | ||||||||
JGP Slovakia | 11th | ||||||||
JGP Slovenia | 8th | ||||||||
JGP Spain | 5th | ||||||||
| EYOF | 4th | ||||||||
| Bavarian Open | 4th | ||||||||
| Crystal Skate | 6th | ||||||||
| Ice Star | 4th | ||||||||
| Lombardia Trophy | 3rd | 2nd | |||||||
| Santa Claus Cup | 5th | ||||||||
| International: Advanced novice[10] | |||||||||
| Bavarian Open | 3rd | ||||||||
| Gardena | 7th | ||||||||
| NRW Trophy | 9th | ||||||||
| Mont Blanc | 2nd | ||||||||
| Triglav Trophy | 2nd | ||||||||
| National[9] | |||||||||
| Italian Champ. | 4th J | 5th J | 1st J | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew | |||||||||
Detailed results
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.
2018–19 season | |||||
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| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
| 13–16 December 2018 | 2019 Italian Championships | 1 87.20 | 2 154.42 | 2 241.62 | |
| 27 November – 2 December 2018 | 2018 Denkova–Staviski Cup | 1 85.52 | 1 139.86 | 1 225.38 | |
| 9–11 November 2018 | 2018 NHK Trophy | 4 77.00 | 3 147.71 | 3 224.71 | |
| Oct. 19 – 21, 2018 | 2018 Skate America | 5 78.09 | 5 147.72 | 4 225.81 | |
| 4–7 October 2018 | 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy | 6 76.53 | 7 141.15 | 6 217.68 | |
| 12-16 September 2018 | 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy | 4 85.51 | 4 142.46 | 4 227.97 | |
2017–18 season | |||||
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| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| 19–25 March 2018 | 2018 World Championships | Senior | 18 77.43 | 17 148.01 | 17 225.44 |
| 5–11 March 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | Junior | 6 70.24 | 6 141.34 | 3 211.58 |
| 14–23 February 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics | Senior | 23 75.63 | 19 156.78 | 21 232.41 |
| 9–12 February 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics (team event) | Senior | 5 77.77 | 4 156.11 | 4T |
| 15–21 January 2018 | 2018 European Championships | Senior | 6 78.26 | 9 141.17 | 9 219.43 |
| 13–16 December 2017 | 2018 Italian Championships | Senior | 1 84.82 | 1 158.38 | 1 243.20 |
| 22–25 November 2017 | 2018 Cup of Tyrol | Senior | 3 73.70 | 2 149.73 | 2 223.43 |
| 16–19 November 2017 | 2017 CS Warsaw Cup | Senior | 1 75.64 | 1 157.34 | 1 232.98 |
| 10–14 October 2017 | 2017 JGP Italy | Junior | 2 77.24 | 1 151.94 | 1 229.18 |
| 4–7 October 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland | Junior | 2 74.51 | 10 118.28 | 6 192.79 |
| 27–30 September 2017 | 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | Senior | 5 72.97 | 2 150.30 | 4 223.27 |
| 14–17 September 2017 | 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy | Senior | 6 71.67 | 3 155.35 | 5 227.02 |
2016–17 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| 29 March – 2 April 2017 | 2017 World Championships | Senior | 30 63.14 | - | 30 63.14 |
| 15–19 March 2017 | 2017 World Junior Championships | Junior | 13 68.53 | 11 128.94 | 11 197.47 |
| 14–19 February 2017 | 2017 Bavarian Open | Senior | 5 65.39 | 3 129.79 | 5 195.18 |
| 14–17 December 2016 | 2017 Italian Championships | Senior | 2 74.47 | 2 142.27 | 2 216.74 |
| 17–20 November 2016 | 2016 CS Warsaw Cup | Senior | 3 66.55 | 6 129.48 | 6 196.03 |
References
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External links
Matteo Rizzo at the International Skating Union
