Matteo Rizzo

SnowWhite · Mar 10, 2018

Matteo RIZZO is a Men’s Singles skater who represents Italy. He was born on 5th September 1998 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was previously coached by Franca Bianconi and Valter Rizzo, training in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. In October 2020, he announced a coaching change to Lorenzo Magri, based at Young Goose Academy in Egna/Neumarkt, Italy. In October 2021, he confirmed that he had switched back to his previous coaching team. He currently trains with Franca Bianconi, Ondrej Hotarek and Valter Rizzo in Bergamo.

He is the 2023 European silver medalist, the 2019 and 2024 European bronze medalist, the 2022 Skate Canada, the 2019 Cup of China and the 2018 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, 2019 Winter Universiade champion, and 2018 Italian national champion. He has won several ISU Challenger Series medals, including gold at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. He is also the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist, and 2017 JGP Italy champion. Rizzo represented Italy at the 2018 Winter Olympics, qualifying to the free skate and finishing 21st overall.

CURRENT ISU PERSONAL BESTS

http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_pb_00013919.htm

Personal Best Total Score	275.36	15.04.2023	ISU World Team Trophy 2023
Personal Best Score Short Program	93.37	21.03.2019	ISU World Championships 2019
Personal Best Score Free Skating	187.35	15.04.2023	ISU World Team Trophy 2023

PERSONAL BESTS - Pre-2018-19

Type	Score	Competition
Personal Best Total Score	232.98	ISU CS Warsaw Cup 2017
Personal Best Score Short Program	88.63	XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Personal Best Score Free Skating	157.34	ISU CS Warsaw Cup 2017

Personal Bests listed only include competitions that count for ISU Season's Best scores. The pre-2018-19 scores were achieved with the old +3/-3 GOE system.

PROFILES

ISU:
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013919.htm

Rinkresults:
http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=821

PyeongChang Olympics
https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang...ing/athlete-profile-n3026706-matteo-rizzo.htm

Wikipedia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Rizzo

Stats On Ice:
https://www.statsonice.com/skater/matteorizzo/

Social Media

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matteorizzoo/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Matteo-Rizzo-979600228774033/

PROGRAMS

2024-2025
SP: Two Men In Love
FS: Fix You

2023-2024
SP: "Derniere Danse:" choreo by Massimo Scali
FS: "Fix You" by Coldplay; choreo by Luca Lanotte

2022 - 2023
SP: "Le parole lontane"; "Zitti e buoni" by Måneskin )
FS: "Talking to the Moon" by Bruno Mars; choreo by.Massimo Scali & Corrado Giordani

2021 - 2022
SP: Le Parole Lontane and ZITTI E BUONI by Måneskin
FS: Two Men in Love by The Irrepressibles

2020 - 2021
SP1: Romanza by Andrea Bocelli
SP2: Arranged Piece by Luca Longobardi, A chi mi dice by Blue
FS: From Now On from The Greatest Showman soundtrack

2019 - 2020
SP: Start A Fire by John Legend, from the La La Land soundtrack
FS: Galicia Flamenca by Gino D’Auri

2018 - 2019
SP: Volare by Luca Longobardi
FS #1 (ver. 1): Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones, Streets of Love by The Rolling Stones, Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones
FS #1 (ver. 2): Angie by The Rolling Stones, Streets of Love by The Rolling Stones, Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones
FS #2: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Love of My Life by Queen, Don't Stop Me Now by Queen

2017 - 2018
SP: Torno A Surriento by Il Volo
FS: Come Together by The Beatles, Let It Be by The Beatles and performed by Air With Air Rising, Help! by The Beatles

2016 - 2017
SP: Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona and performed by Brian Setzer
FS: Hallelujah, I Love Her So and Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles

2015 - 2016
SP: Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona and performed by Brian Setzer
FS: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi and performed by Luciano Pavarotti, Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, Guillaume Tell by Gioachino Rossini

2014 - 2015
SP: Neph, Buckjump
FS: The Kid, Meeting the Millionaire, City Lights, Nonsense Song, all by Carl Davis

2013 - 2014
SP: Take Five by Dave Brubeck
FS: The Kid, Meeting the Millionaire, City Lights, Nonsense Song, all by Carl Davis

COMPETITIVE HISTORY

Competition

Final

2024-25 Season

2024 Budapest Trophy

1

2023-24 Season

2024 European Championships

3

2023 Grand Prix Espoo

4

2023 Skate Canada

3

2023 Shanghai Trophy

4

2023 Lombardia Trophy

Withdrew

2022-23 Season

2023 World Championships

9 (253.11)

2023 European Championships

2 (259.92)

2023 Italian Nationals

1 (245.64)

2022 Golden Spin

2 (228.86)

2022 NHK Trophy

6 (240.76)

2022 Skate Canada

3 (251.03)

2022 Lombardia Trophy

4 (226.67)

2021-22 Season

2022 World Championships

10 (255.75)

2022 Winter Olympics (Individual Event)

16 (247.53)

2022 Italian Nationals

2 (262.98)

2021 Rostelecom Cup

5 (250.47)

2021 NHK Trophy

5 (255.84)

2021 CS Finlandia Trophy

6 (238.75)

2020-21 Season

2021 World Championships

11 (245.37)

2020 Italian Championships

2 (248.94)

Gran Premio Italia 2020 - Egna

2 (250.02)

Gran Premio Italia 2020 - Bergamo

2 (214.01)

2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

5 (214.14)

2019-20 Season

2020 European Championships

5 (237.01)

2019 Italian Championships

2 (243.76)

2019 Cup of China

3 (241.88)

2019 Skate Canada

6 (223.78)

2019 Shanghai Trophy

1 (248.53)

2019 CS Nepela Memorial

2 (232.70)

2019 CS Lombardia Trophy

3 (227.38)

2018-19 Season

2019 World Team Trophy

5 (260.53)
Team 6

2019 World Championships

7 (257.66)

29th Winter Universiade

1 (273.54)

2019 ISU European Championships

3 (247.08)

2019 Italian Championships

2 (241.62)

2018 Denkova/Stavisky Cup

1 (225.38)

ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018

3 (224.71)

ISU GP Skate America 2018

4 (225.81)

2018 CS Finlandia Trophy

6 (217.68)

2018 CS Lombardia Trophy

4 (227.97)

2017-2018 Season (Junior/Senior)

2018 World Championships

17 (225.44)

2018 World Junior Championships

3 (211.58)

2018 Olympics Men's Singles Event

21 (232.41)

2018 Olympics Team Event

4 (team)

2018 European Championships

2 (219.43)

2018 Italian Championships

1 (243.20)

2 (223.43)

1 (232.98)

1 (229.18)

6 (192.79)

2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

4 (223.27)

2017 CS Lombardia Trophy

5 (227.02)

2016-2017 Season (Junior/Senior)

2017 World Championships

30 (63.14)

2017 World Junior Championships

11 (197.47)

2017 Bavarian Open

5 (195.18)

2017 Mentor Torun Cup

5 (197.72)

2017 Italian Championships

2 (216.74)

2016 CS Warsaw Cup

6 (196.03)

2016 JGP Ljubljana

8 (178.08)

2016 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter

12 (159.21)

VIDEOS

Earlier Videos

2011 Lombardia Trophy Novice SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtXXZvadswE

2010 Lombardia Trophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0qZMKv5bQU

2009 Lombardia Trophy
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzSWuOdqvhA
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_e6U-46flM

ARTICLES

September 2019 - Europe on Ice Interview "Matteo Rizzo: Aiming High"
June 2019 - Italy's Rizzo to train with Orser in the summer
March 2019 - Matteo Rizzo wins men's figure skating at the 2019 Winter Universiade
February 2018 - The Beatles and Beyoncé are now part of Olympic figure skating, but who pays for it?
February 2018 - Adele, Beyoncé, Elvis and The Beatles rock the figure skating
October 2017 - IceNetwork's JGP Italy coverage: Matteo in Second after the SP
Rizzo Wins JGP Title on Home Ice

INTERVIEWS

July 2021 - Interview with the ISU
January 2020 - Europeans
November 2019 - Interview with TSL
October 2019 - Interview with Inside Skating
November 2018 - video from John Wilson Blades

rikaquegira · Mar 10, 2018

yayyy!
Yes, he deserves a fanfest!

️

cheerknithanson · Mar 10, 2018

And he gets a junior worlds bronze medal! What a way to almost be done with a BUSY season

icetug · Mar 10, 2018

I watched him live in Gdansk in October where he had meltdown in FS and couldn't even imagine that he would get bronze at JW

But I am really happy he got it. He is the most busy skater this season and the JW medal is a kind of reward for his great approach at Olympics.

chopinskate · Mar 10, 2018

Edges

Metis · Mar 10, 2018

Finally! BabyMaleCaro gets a fanfest! The One Matteo Rizzo Superfan is SO READY!

echeveria · Mar 10, 2018

Couldn't be happier to see him medal at junior worlds! He's been so busy this season, nice to see a good ending to it (although worlds is coming soon.) I missed his fs, though, does anyone know where I can watch it? It seems like it was blocked on youtube, likely cause of the music.

Metis · Mar 10, 2018

Originally Posted by echeveria

Couldn't be happier to see him medal and junior worlds! He's been so busy this season, nice to see a good ending to it (although worlds is coming soon.) I missed his fs, though, does anyone know where I can watch it? It seems like it was blocked on youtube, likely cause of the music.

That’s odd. YouTube usually just censors the audio; there’s actually a version of his FS uploaded in which the first and last parts of the medley are muted, but not the middle (the instrumental) (which tells you exactly how “smart” the algorithm for checking for obvious copyright fouls is). If worse comes to worst, I’ll try sharing via Google Drive or something.

Still amazed he managed four clean skates at the Olympics. Honestly, had never heard of him until then, but he won me over in the team event and I’ve been jokingly calling myself his One Superfan since. Would love to see him finish top ten at worlds, but that’s a huge ask and pretty much impossible without upgrading his technical content.

I have no idea if he’s training quads, but, really, he has (most) of the everything else at a level some of the big six don’t (really good sense of music, skating skills are clearly there, etc.), so I’m excited to see what he does in the following years. Beatles/Elvis/etc. programs usually send me running, but he actually manages to work his somehow... he clearly loves to skate and loves his program, and that’s such a welcome thing in the midst of warhorses, angst at max amp, and the tech race. Just lovely skating with genuine joy. I like this kid

Metis · Mar 10, 2018

Originally Posted by echeveria
Couldn't be happier to see him medal and junior worlds! He's been so busy this season, nice to see a good ending to it (although worlds is coming soon.) I missed his fs, though, does anyone know where I can watch it? It seems like it was blocked on youtube, likely cause of the music.

That’s odd. YouTube usually just censors the audio; there’s actually a version of his FS uploaded in which the first and last parts of the medley are muted, but not the middle (the instrumental) (which tells you exactly how “smart” the algorithm for checking for obvious copyright fouls is). If worse comes to worst, I’ll try sharing via Google Drive or something.

Still amazed he managed four clean skates at the Olympics. Honestly, had never heard of him until then, but he won me over in the team event and I’ve been jokingly calling myself his One Superfan since. Would love to see him finish top ten at worlds, but that’s a huge ask and pretty much impossible without upgrading his technical content.

I have no idea if he’s training quads, but, really, he has (most) of the everything else at a level some of the big six don’t (really good sense of music, skating skills are clearly there, etc.), so I’m excited to see what he does in the following years. Beatles/Elvis/etc. programs usually send me running, but he actually manages to work his somehow... he clearly loves to skate and loves his program, and that’s such a welcome thing in the midst of warhorses, angst at max amp, and the tech race. Just lovely skating with genuine joy. I like this kid

echeveria · Mar 10, 2018

Originally Posted by Metis
That’s odd. YouTube usually just censors the audio; there’s actually a version of his FS uploaded in which the first and last parts of the medley are muted, but not the middle (the instrumental) (which tells you exactly how “smart” the algorithm for checking for obvious copyright fouls is). If worse comes to worst, I’ll try sharing via Google Drive or something.

Still amazed he managed four clean skates at the Olympics. Honestly, had never heard of him until then, but he won me over in the team event and I’ve been jokingly calling myself his One Superfan since. Would love to see him finish top ten at worlds, but that’s a huge ask and pretty much impossible without upgrading his technical content.

I have no idea if he’s training quads, but, really, he has (most) of the everything else at a level some of the big six don’t (really good sense of music, skating skills are clearly there, etc.), so I’m excited to see what he does in the following years. Beatles/Elvis/etc. programs usually send me running, but he actually manages to work his somehow... he clearly loves to skate and loves his program, and that’s such a welcome thing in the midst of warhorses, angst at max amp, and the tech race. Just lovely skating with genuine joy. I like this kid.

I've seen almost all of his other free skates, but for whatever reason I just can't find an unblocked one from JWC this year, maybe it's just a matter of time before someone uploads a version without audio, I'll probably just wait until then.

I had never even heard of him until the Olympics this year either, but as soon as I saw him free skate in the team event I could see that he had really great potential (that's when I started watching his previous programs), and like you said, he has a great sense of music. His programs seemed more emotional to me, like he really appreciated the music he was skating to. He managed to make something really fun to watch, even if it wasn't as technically difficult as other skaters. Sometimes, I really hate that quads have such a high base value, because I'd much rather see a perfect triple axel than watch someone fall on any quad. But, I get it. And, in an interview he mentioned that he was training quads so I'm really hoping to see him land a quad on Olympic ice in a few years! It's just nice to see him getting recognition for working so hard.

Metis · Mar 10, 2018

Originally Posted by echeveria
I had never even heard of him until the Olympics this year either, but as soon as I saw him free skate in the team event I could see that he had really great potential (that's when I started watching his previous programs), and like you said, he has a great sense of music. His programs seemed more emotional to me, like he really appreciated the music he was skating to. He managed to make something really fun to watch, even if it wasn't as technically difficult as other skaters. Sometimes, I really hate that quads have such a high base value, because I'd much rather see a perfect triple axel than watch someone fall on any quad. But, I get it. And, in an interview he mentioned that he was training quads so I'm really hoping to see him land a quad on Olympic ice in a few years! It's just nice to see him getting recognition for working so hard.

You and I sound like twins! I think he’s doing great for coming straight out of juniors — four clean skates at the Olympics is crazy! I’m still impressed by that, honestly.

His programs seemed more emotional to me, like he really appreciated the music he was skating to.

And that’s why I jokingly call him BabyMaleCaro (that and his skating skills).

It’s also part of why I like his skating and goes toward why, I think, the joy of skating transfers in his performances — he really is connected to his music in ways some skaters aren’t (hey, everyone has different gifts, and it’s not a value judgment) and it shows up in the nuances of his choreography. I was surprised to hear he was only 19 and just out of juniors during the team event, because he skates with far more maturity and understanding of his music than “just left juniors” implies.

I kind of hope he follows Kostner in terms of having a long skating career, because I think he has extremely solid fundamentals, huge potential in terms of artistry, and then whatever he decides to reach for on the technical side is up to him. There are very few skaters I truly become a “fan” of and let myself get invested in, but Rizzo definitely is in that group. Whether or not he ends up being a top competitor... I see no reason why he can’t be in time, especially assuming all the rumours regarding the new judging system hold true, but regardless, I could watch his step sequences on infinite loop. Especially the one from his short at junior worlds. That was the best iteration of it I’ve seen yet... how he didn’t get higher marks for it is something I will never understand

RemyRose · Mar 10, 2018

Originally Posted by echeveria
Couldn't be happier to see him medal and junior worlds! He's been so busy this season, nice to see a good ending to it (although worlds is coming soon.) I missed his fs, though, does anyone know where I can watch it? It seems like it was blocked on youtube, likely cause of the music.

Here you go

https://streamable.com/wm9y3

plushyfan · Mar 11, 2018

He is very enjoyable to watch!

rikaquegira · Mar 11, 2018

Originally Posted by plushyfan
He is very enjoyable to watch!

Absolutely.
I remember his Olympic performances, he seemed so confident and not nervous at all. I love his attitude.

deedee1 · Mar 11, 2018

Many congrats to Matteo for the bronze medal at the JW this weekend!

Am super happy for his dad, too. He must be very proud of his son.

deneb · Mar 12, 2018

Originally Posted by SnowWhite
2018 World Junior Championships
SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOAh9WY3Dco
FS

Originally Posted by echeveria
I missed his fs, though, does anyone know where I can watch it?

His FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-bkgrCkpM

Originally Posted by Metis
I have no idea if he’s training quads,

He's training 4T.

yoloaxel · Mar 12, 2018

Aw yay! A fanfest for Matteo! Forza Matte

I believe he will have a bright future!

echeveria · Mar 22, 2018

I am so so so proud of Matteo for skating such a tiring schedule this season, and for skating beautifully all the way through it! Can’t wait to see his FS tomorrow, which is probably my favorite out of any competitor

RemyRose · Apr 15, 2018

English podcast interview

World junior bronze medalist Matteo Rizzo tells host Jackie Wong how he was able to make it through his seemingly endless season and what it was like competing at his first Olympics.

download http://dds.mlb.com/icenetwork/2018/ep69/icetalkep69.mp3

vesperalvioletta · Aug 14, 2018

Any word on how Matteo's training has been going this summer? It'll be great to see him at the Lombardia Trophy in September.

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