38 Facts About Matteo Rizzo

Matteo Rizzo was born on 5 September 1998 and is an Italian figure skater.

Matteo Rizzo is a three-time European Championship medalist, a four-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, the 2019 Winter Universiade champion, a two-time Italian national champion, and a seven-time silver national medalist.

Matteo Rizzo has won several ISU Challenger Series medals, including gold at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup and 2022 CS Budapest Trophy.

Matteo Rizzo is the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2017 JGP Italy champion, and the 2014 Italian junior national champion.

Matteo Rizzo debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in September 2013, placing eleventh at an event in Slovakia, and won the Italian national junior title in December.

Matteo Rizzo competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, but was eliminated after placing thirtieth in the short program.

Matteo Rizzo placed fifteenth at his sole JGP assignment in Germany.

Matteo Rizzo continued on the JGP series, placing fifth at his assignments in Austria and Spain.

Matteo Rizzo earned a bronze medal at the 2015 CS Denkova-Staviski Cup and finished fifth at the 2015 CS Warsaw Cup.

Matteo Rizzo competed at JGP events in Germany and Spain, finishing twelfth and eighth, respectively.

Matteo Rizzo placed eleventh at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei and thirtieth at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki.

Matteo Rizzo placed second in the short program at the JGP Poland in Gdansk, but his placement in the free skate dropped him to sixth overall.

Matteo Rizzo competed in both parts of the team event as part of the Italian team, placing fifth in the short program and fourth in the free skate, while Team Italy finished fourth overall.

Matteo Rizzo then competed at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he finished sixth.

Matteo Rizzo placed tenth in the short program and third in the free skate, winning the bronze medal overall with a personal best score of 247.08 points and achieving his first podium finish at a senior-level ISU Championship.

Matteo Rizzo was the first Italian man to win a European medal since Samuel Contesti in 2009.

Matteo Rizzo next participated in the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

At the World Championships in Japan, Matteo Rizzo placed fifth in the short program with a new personal best score, tenth in the free, and seventh overall.

Matteo Rizzo concluded the season as part of Team Italy at the 2019 World Team Trophy, where he placed fourth among the men competing and Team Italy finished sixth overall.

Matteo Rizzo began the season with two Challengers, winning bronze at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy and silver at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial.

Matteo Rizzo attempted the quad loop in competition for the first time.

At the 2019 Cup of China, Matteo Rizzo placed third in the short program despite falling on his triple Lutz and consequently missing his combination.

Matteo Rizzo was assigned to compete at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but this event was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Matteo Rizzo subsequently stated that he had withdrawn after a positive COVID-19 test.

Matteo Rizzo returned to his former coach Franca Bianconi, and added retired pairs skater Ondrej Hotarek to his team.

Matteo Rizzo made his season debut at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he overcame a poor short program to win the free skate and place sixth overall.

Matteo Rizzo was third in the free skate, rising to fifth place overall despite popping one of his two planned quad jumps.

Matteo Rizzo expressed satisfaction at receiving a score over 170 points in the free segment with only one quad jump.

Matteo Rizzo was first forced to withdraw from the 2022 European Championships due to equipment issues.

Matteo Rizzo began the season on the Challenger circuit, placing fourth at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy before winning the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy.

Matteo Rizzo was fourth in the free skate but narrowly held onto third overall and won the bronze medal.

Matteo Rizzo went on to finish sixth at the 2022 NHK Trophy.

Matteo Rizzo remained in second place overall, winning the silver medal.

Matteo Rizzo then joined Team Italy for the 2023 World Team Trophy, finishing eighth in the short program despite only performing a quad-double combination and underrotating his attempted quad loop.

Matteo Rizzo finished second in the free skate, only fractions of a point behind Korea's Cha Jun-hwan.

Matteo Rizzo withdrew from the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, opting instead to begin the season at the Shanghai Trophy, where he came fourth.

Matteo Rizzo went on to place fourth at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, and expressed frustration at his free skate choreographic sequence being deemed invalid.

Matteo Rizzo competed at his first competition post-surgery at the 2024 Budapest Trophy in early October, where he won the gold medal.