Philippe Rizzo

Philippe Rizzo
— Gymnast —
Full name	Philippe Rizzo
Country represented	Australia
Born	(1981-02-09) 9 February 1981 Sydney, Australia
Hometown	Canberra
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Club	Australian institute of sport
Head coach(es)	Vladimir Vatkin
Former coach(es)	YU BO
Medal record World Championships Gold 2006 Aarhus Horizontal Bar Silver 2001 Ghent Horizontal Bar Commonwealth Games Gold 2002 Manchester Pommel Horse Gold 2002 Manchester Parallel Bars Gold 2002 Manchester Horizontal Bar Silver 2002 Manchester All Around Silver 2006 Melbourne Team Silver 2006 Melbourne Parallel Bars Bronze 2002 Manchester Team Bronze 2002 Manchester Floor Bronze 2006 Melbourne All Around

Philippe Rizzo (born 9 February 1981 in Sydney), is an Australian gymnast and Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He became the first Australian to win a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships when he won silver on the horizontal bar in Ghent in 2001. He is also the first Australian to win a gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships when he won the horizontal bar in Aarhus in 2006. He is also a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist and has represented Australia at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Rizzo's hobbies include playing the guitar and surfing. Philippe joined the AIS in 1995. Rizzo got into gymnastics because his family is highly involved with the sport and his family runs one of the most prestigious gyms in the country the Australian Academy of Sport. While on the way to being the gymnast he is Philippe Rizzo suffered injuries such as surgery for a fractured elbow as well as torn ligaments. He has also gone through a ruptured Achilles tendon and a hip injury.

References

External links

• Philippe Rizzo at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Phillip Rizzo Gymnastics Australia Profile