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Matteo RIZZO

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  • Date of birth05 Sep 1998
  • Height171 CM
  • Professionpolice officer, student
  • Home townSesto San Giovanni
  • Place of birthRome
  • Start skating / Club 2006 / G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
  • HobbiesFormula 1, Airplanes
  • bio

Rizzo is the first Italian man to win a medal at the ISU World Junior Championships (bronze in 2018) and at an ISU (senior) level Grand Prix event (bronze at NHK Trophy 2018). He missed the 2024 National Championships due to a hip injury. He underwent surgery in end of January 2024 and returned to the ice slowly three months later. Rizzo's father Valter is an Ice Dance coach and part of his coaching team. His sister Francesca (five and a half years older) competed in Ice Dance at the international junior level and his parents Brunilde Bianchi and Valter Rizzo competed in Ice Dance at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 1984 and 1985.

  • CoachValter Rizzo, Ondrej Hotarek, Deborah Sacchi
  • ChoreographerMassimo Scali, Luca Lanotte
  • Former CoachFranca Bianconi, Angela Puglisi
  • Practice low seasonBergamo
  • Practice high seasonBergamo - Madesimo

Music Short Program as of season 2024/2025

Two Men in Love by The Irrepressibles

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2024/2025

Fix You Coldplay

skaters bests

Personal Best Total ScoreISU World Team Trophy 202315 Apr 2023275.36
Personal Best Score Short ProgramISU World Championships 201921 Mar 201993.37
Personal Best Score Free SkatingISU World Team Trophy 202315 Apr 2023187.35
Season Best Total ScoreISU CS Budapest Trophy 202413 Oct 2024247.26
Season Best Score Short ProgramISU CS Budapest Trophy 202411 Oct 202484.77
Season Best Score Free SkatingISU GP NHK Trophy 202409 Nov 2024164.77