Sergio Massidda
{{Short description|Italian weightlifter}}
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{{Medal|Silver|2023 Riyadh|61 kg}}
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Sergio Massidda (born 26 January 2002) is an Italian weightlifter. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 World Championships.
Career
He won the silver medal in the men's 61{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia. He represented Italy at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, as well as the 2021 European Championships and 2018 World Championships.https://www.the-sports.org/sergio-massidda-weightlifting-spf481564.html Sport
Massidda won the gold medal in the men's 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships held in Las Vegas, United States.{{Cite news |last=Diamond |first=James |date=9 March 2019 |title=Hat-trick of golds for Massidda at IWF Youth World Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1076589/hat-trick-of-golds-for-massidda-at-iwf-youth-world-championships |access-date=15 August 2022}}{{Cite web|title=2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships|url=https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/03/results_book_las_vegas_2019.pdf|website=IWF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529164054/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/03/results_book_las_vegas_2019.pdf|archive-date=29 May 2020|access-date=29 May 2020}}
At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, he won the gold medal in his event.{{Cite web|title=2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Junior/Resultbook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004142147/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Junior/Resultbook.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2021|access-date=4 October 2021|website=European Weightlifting Federation}}
Massidda won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.
In August 2024, Massidda competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He failed three attempts to lift 134 kg in the Snatch and he did not compete in the Clean & Jerk. A successful attempt in the Snatch would have placed Massidda in the second position after the lift.
Achievements
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| colspan=13 | Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris, France | 61 kg | {{n/a}} | — | — | — | {{n/a}} | {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} | — | |||
| colspan=13 | World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | align=left | {{flagicon|TKM}} Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 55 kg | 105 | 8 | 126 | 131 | 8 | 236 | 7 | |||
| 2019 | align=left | {{flagicon|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand | 55 kg | 105 | 109 | 11 | 130 | 135 | 9 | 244 | 9 | ||
| 2022 | align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Bogotá, Colombia | 61 kg | 135 | 4 | 158 | 8 | 293 | 4 | ||||
| 2023 | align=left | {{flagicon|KSA}} Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 61 kg | 135 | 137 | {{silver2}} | 163 | 165 | 7 | 302 | {{silver2}} | ||
| colspan=13|IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | align=left | {{flagicon|ITA}} Rome, Italy | 61 kg | 110 | 8 | 135 | 140 | 7 | 250 | 7 | |||
| 2024 | align=left| {{flagicon|THA}} Phuket, Thailand | 67 kg | 140 | 145 | {{gold1}} | 165 | 172 | {{bronze3}} | 317 | {{silver2}} | ||
| colspan=13 | European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | align=left | {{flagicon|GEO}} Batumi, Georgia | 55 kg | 100 | 8 | 125 | 7 | 225 | 8 | ||||
| 2021 | align=left | {{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow, Russia | 61 kg | 125 | 6 | 145 | 155 | 6 | 280 | 7 | |||
| 2023 | align=left | {{flagicon|ARM}} Yerevan, Armenia | 61 kg | 130 | {{silver02}} | 154 | 162 | {{gold1}} | 292 | {{silver2}} | |||
| 2024 | align=left | {{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria | 67 kg | 135 | 141 | {{silver2}} | 162 | 5 | 304 | 4 |
References
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Category:Italian male weightlifters
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Italy
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