Nicola Vizzoni
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Nickname | Ilvizzo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pietrasanta, Italy | 4 November 1973|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 126 kg (278 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicola Vizzoni (born 4 November 1973 in Pietrasanta, Province of Lucca) is a male hammer thrower from Italy. He won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and ten years later at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. His personal best throw is 80.50 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Formia.
He has won 19 medals (8 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze) at the International athletics competitions.[1] Vizzoni is the coach of the Italian national team for the hammer throw.
Biography
[edit]He made his first appearance at the World Championships in Athletics in 1997 but he did not make the final. In 1999 he finished seventh in the hammer throw final and the next year he took the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He just missed out on the podium at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, finishing fourth, but he gained regional honours with a gold at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and also won gold at the Summer Universiade.
He competed at the following two Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008, but was some distance off winning another medal. He became the Mediterranean champion for a second time with a win at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. Vizzoni made a strong start to the 2010 season, throwing 78.22 m early on and winning the gold at the 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing event.[2]
He is engaged to former Italian athlete Claudia Coslovich, national record holder of the javelin throw.[3]
Progression
[edit]He finished the season 8 times in world top 25.[4]
Year | Time | Venue | Date | World Rank |
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2013 | 75.03 | Vila Real de S. António | 25 May | |
2012 | 76.42 | Helsinki | 28 June | |
2011 | 80.29 | Florence | 4 June | 7th |
2010 | 79.12 | Barcelona | 28 July | 6th |
2009 | 79.74 | Campi Bisenzio | 17 May | 6th |
2008 | 78.79 | Lucca | 10 June | 25th |
2007 | 78.21 | Albufeira | 26 May | 17th |
2006 | 76.89 | Faenza | 27 September | |
2005 | 74.82 | Florence | 17 June | |
2004 | 76.95 | Florence | 10 July | |
2003 | 77.69 | Viareggio | 13 August | |
2002 | 78.80 | Viareggio | 23 August | |
2001 | 80.50 | Formia | 14 July | 13th |
2000 | 79.64 | Sydney | 24 September | 23rd |
1999 | 79.59 | Padua | 26 June | 17th |
1998 | 77.89 | Rome | 9 July | |
1997 | 77.10 | San Marino | 17 May | |
1996 | 75.30 | Pretoria | 1 January | |
1995 | 74.48 | Pescara | 13 September | |
1994 | 71.78 | Pescara | 18 June |
Achievements
[edit]Palmarès
[edit]Nicola Vizzoni has been a finalist 10 times in his 17 appearances in the three major International athletics competitions.
Olympic Games | World Championships | European Championships | |||||||||||||||
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00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 97 | 99 | 01 | 03 | 05 | 07 | 09 | 11 | 13 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 12 |
2 | 10 | NF | 8 | NF | 7 | 4 | NF | NF | NF | 9 | 8 | 7 | NF | NF | 9 | 2 | 5 |
National titles
[edit]Nicola Vizzoni has won the individual national championship 28 times.[7][8]
- 14 wins in the hammer throw (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
- 14 wins in the hammer throw at the Italian Winter Throwing Championships (1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Honours
[edit]Officer: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 27 September 2004[9]
See also
[edit]- Athletes with most appearances at the World Championships
- Italian Athletics Championships – Multi winners
- Italy national athletics team – More caps
- Italian all-time top lists – Hammer throw
References
[edit]- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 – UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ Slovenia's Ratej provides big surprise at European Cup Winter Throwing. European Athletics (21 March 2010). Retrieved on 2010-03-23.
- ^ "Coslovich-Vizzoni...throwing in love!". flickr.com. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Nicola Vizzoni – Top 25 Lists". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ a b c "Mediterranean Games]". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Summer Universiade (,en)]". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Vizzoni Sig. Nicola
External links
[edit]- Nicola Vizzoni at World Athletics
- Nicola Vizzoni at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Nicola Vizzoni at Olympics.com
- Nicola Vizzoni at Olympedia
- Nicola Vizzoni at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Official website (in Italian)
- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Pietrasanta
- Italian male hammer throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Sportspeople from the Province of Lucca
- Military World Games silver medalists for Italy
- Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)