Alessandro Pittin
{{short description|Italian Nordic combined skier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Alessandro Pittin
| image = FIS_Worldcup_Nordic_Combined_Ramsau_20161218_DSC_8253.jpg
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|02|11}}
| birth_place = Tolmezzo, Italy
| height =
| club = Fiamme Gialle{{cite web|url=http://www.fiammegialle.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=481&Itemid=443|title=Sport invernali statistiche Olimpiadi|publisher=fiammegialle.org|language=italian|accessdate=18 May 2020}}| trainer =
| skis = Fischer
| personalbest =
| seasons = 2007–
| wins = 3
| additionalpodiums = 9
| totalpodiums = 12
| wctitles =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's nordic combined}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Vancouver | 10 km individual NH}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Falun|10 km individual NH}}
|caption=Pittin in 2016}}
Alessandro Pittin, (born 11 February 1990 in Tolmezzo) is an Italian nordic combined athlete from Ski club Aldo Moro Paluzza.
Career
In the World Cup at Schonach in 2009, Pittin came in 9th place. He had previously won the Junior World Championships in Zakopane 2008. He has also competed in other FIS Nordic Combined World Cup competitions and has won several junior, and amateur competitions such as Fis Race and the Alpen Cup as well as the B-World Cup.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=NK&competitorid=81371&type=result |title=FIS-Ski - biographie |access-date=2009-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406021504/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=NK&competitorid=81371&type=result |archive-date=2010-04-06 |url-status=dead }} Pittin has skis from Fischer. At the moment, he resides in Cercivento, Udine, Italy.{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=NK&competitorid=81371&type=biog |title=FIS-Ski - biographie |website=www.fis-ski.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526114221/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=NK&competitorid=81371&type=biog |archive-date=2011-05-26}} Pittin's only major injury was when he broke his arm while ski jumping.
Pittin is the first Italian to medal in Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics with his bronze in the 10 km individual normal hill event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
;Further notable results:
- 2007: 2nd, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing, sprint
- 2008: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing, sprint
- 2009:
- 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing
- 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing, sprint
- 2010:
- 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing
- 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing, sprint
- 2011: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing
References
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External links
- {{FIS Nordic combined skier|81371}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|alessandro-pittin}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{CONI profile|new_id=1919|old_id=959}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Tolmezzo
Category:Skiers from the Province of Udine
Category:Italian male Nordic combined skiers
Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Category:Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Italy
Category:Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
Category:Nordic combined skiers of Fiamme Gialle
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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