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Antonio Pintus

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Antonio Pintus
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-09-26) 26 September 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Torino, Italy
Team information
Current team
Real Madrid (fitness coach)

Antonio Pintus (born 26 September 1962) is an Italian fitness coach, currently working for Real Madrid.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Career

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Pintus has previously worked for Chelsea, West Ham and Sunderland in England, Monaco, Marseille and Consolat Marseille in France, Udinese, Juventus, Palermo and Inter Milan in Italy.[15]

Pintus has visited the NASA space agency several times, giving talks about how his methods could be applied to their work and how astronauts can keep fit on missions. Judith Hayes, NASA's chief science officer, stated that Pintus data-based approach to physical fitness challenged their status quo, saying that "Our scientists, exercise physiologists, astronauts, physicians, trainers, and engineers hung on every word that he had to share with us. He was able to challenge our people and our thinking. It made us think about different ways to look at things.” [16]

References

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  1. ^ "Antonio Pintus, el hombre clave de la pretemporada del Real Madrid en que se fijó el Rey Juan Carlos". eldebate.com. 18 July 2022.
  2. ^ "El 'método Pintus' o cómo crear un Real Madrid que sobrepasa los límites". 20minutos.es. May 2022.
  3. ^ "Antonio Pintus, el jugador número 12". vavel.com. 6 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Antonio Pintus: Real Madrid's secret 12th man". marca.com. 11 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Quién es es Antonio Pintus?". goal.com.
  6. ^ "Se nota que es Pintus". libertaddigital.com. May 2022.
  7. ^ "Pintus, l'uomo che fa correre il Real: "La fatica aiuta a restare giovani"". repubblica.it. 8 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Pintus, l'uomo che ha messo le ali al Real: nessuno come le merengues in Europa dal 75′ in poi". ilposticipo.it.
  9. ^ "La leyenda de Pintus: el preparador físico que flipa a los madridistas con su método secreto". elconfidencial.es. 8 June 2021.
  10. ^ "¿Por qué es tan bueno Antonio Pintus?". abc.es. 4 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Antonio Pintus, el primer fichaje de Zidane". elpais.com (Archived).
  12. ^ "¿Y el 'método Pintus'? Las dudas del Madrid sobre el preparador físico de Zidane". elconfidencial.com. 21 November 2017.
  13. ^ "El milagro de Antonio Pintus: el método que ha revolucionado al Madrid". elespanol.com. 20 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Pintus toma el poder de la preparación física de todos los equipos del Real Madrid". abc.es. 6 June 2021.
  15. ^ Cortegana, Mario. "Loved, feared, ever-present - who is Antonio Pintus, Real Madrid's physical trainer?". The New York Times.
  16. ^ Guillermo, Rai. "How Real Madrid's physical trainer Antonio Pintus is helping NASA with the Artemis moon programme". The New York Times.