Matteo Rizzo










































































Matteo Rizzo

2018 EC Matteo Rizzo 2018-01-19 21-14-11.jpg
Rizzo in 2018

Personal information
Country represented Italy
Born
(1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 20)
Rome, Italy
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 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

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













































Season

Short program

Free skating
Exhibition
2018-2019
[4]


  • Volare
    performed by Luca Longobardi


Rolling Stones Medley



  • Angie

  • Streets of Love


  • Paint it Black
    by The Rolling Stones




2017–2018
[1]

  • Torno A Surriento
    by Il Volo




  • Come Together
    by The Beatles


  • Let It Be
    performed by Air With Air Rising


  • Help!
    by The Beatles




  • Everybody Needs Somebody to Love[5]
    by Jerry Wexler, Bert Berns, Solomon Burke
    performed by The Blues Brothers


2016–2017
[3]


  • Malagueña
    by Ernesto Lecuona
    performed by Brian Setzer




  • Hallelujah, I Love Her So
    by Ray Charles


  • Georgia on My Mind
    by Ray Charles



2015–2016
[6]

  • Malagueña
    by Ernesto Lecuona
    performed by Brian Setzer





  • La donna è mobile
    (from Rigoletto)
    by Giuseppe Verdi
    performed by Luciano Pavarotti



  • Cavalleria rusticana
    by Pietro Mascagni


  • Guillaume Tell
    by Gioachino Rossini



2014–2015
[7]


  • Neph

  • Buckjump





  • The Kid
    by Carl Davis

  • Meeting the Millionaire
    (from City Lights)
    by Carl Davis


  • City Lights
    by Carl Davis

  • Nonsense Song
    (from Modern Times)
    by Carl Davis




2013–2014
[8]


  • Take Five
    by Dave Brubeck



  • The Kid

  • Meeting the Millionaire

  • City Lights

  • Nonsense Song





Competitive highlights


GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix




























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































International[9]
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
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
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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  2. ^ Golinsky, Reut (2 November 2017). "Catching up with Franca Bianconi". Absolute Skating.


  3. ^ ab "Matteo RIZZO: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ISU-1819 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).



  5. ^ AbsoluteSkating [@absoluteskating] (25 March 2018). "#Milano2018 #WorldFigure Exhibition program - music & timing" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


  6. ^ "Matteo RIZZO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  7. ^ "Matteo RIZZO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  8. ^ "Matteo RIZZO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)


  9. ^ abc "Competition Results: Matteo RIZZO". International Skating Union.


  10. ^ "Matteo Rizzo". tracings.net.




External links



  • Matteo Rizzo at the International Skating Union



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