Nicola Vizzoni
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Vizzoni at Moscow 2013.
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Nickname(s) | Ilvizzo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pietrasanta, Italy |
4 November 1973 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 126 kg (278 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
To 12 August 2013 he has won 19 medals (8 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze) at the International athletics competitions.[1]
Contents
Biography
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
He finished the season 8 times in world top 25.[4]
Year | Time | Venue | Date | World Rank |
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2013 | 75.03 | ![]() |
25 May | |
2012 | 76.42 | ![]() |
28 June | |
2011 | 80.29 | ![]() |
4 June | 7th |
2010 | 79.12 | ![]() |
28 July | 6th |
2009 | 79.74 | ![]() |
17 May | 6th |
2008 | 78.79 | ![]() |
10 June | 25th |
2007 | 78.21 | ![]() |
26 May | 17th |
2006 | 76.89 | ![]() |
27 September | |
2005 | 74.82 | ![]() |
17 June | |
2004 | 76.95 | ![]() |
10 July | |
2003 | 77.69 | ![]() |
13 August | |
2002 | 78.80 | ![]() |
23 August | |
2001 | 80.50 | ![]() |
14 July | 13th |
2000 | 79.64 | ![]() |
24 September | 23rd |
1999 | 79.59 | ![]() |
26 June | 17th |
1998 | 77.89 | ![]() |
9 July | |
1997 | 77.10 | ![]() |
17 May | |
1996 | 75.30 | ![]() |
1 January | |
1995 | 74.48 | ![]() |
13 September | |
1994 | 71.78 | ![]() |
18 June |
Achievements
Palmarès
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 championships
Nicola Vizzoni has won the individual national championship 27 times.[7][8]
- 13 wins in the hammer throw (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
- 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
Officer: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 27 September 2004[9]
See also
- 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
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- ↑ Slovenia's Ratej provides big surprise at European Cup Winter Throwing. European Athletics (2010-03-21). Retrieved on 2010-03-23.
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- ↑ Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Vizzoni Sig. Nicola
External links
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- Nicola Vizzoni profile at IAAF
- Athlete profile at FIDAL web site
- Official website (Italian)
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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- Articles with Italian-language external links
- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Pietrasanta
- Italian 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 of Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes of Fiamme Gialle
- European Athletics Championships medalists