Eraldo Pizzo
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| Born | April 21, 1938 (age 86) Rivarolo Ligure, Genoa, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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Eraldo Pizzo (born April 21, 1938) is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Biography
He was born in Rivarolo Ligure, Genoa. In 1960, he was a member of the Italian water polo team which won the gold medal. He played six matches and scored seven goals.
Four years later he finished fourth with the Italian team in the water polo competition at the Tokyo Games. He played six matches and scored five goals.
At the 1968 Games he was part of the Italian team which finished again fourth in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played all nine matches and scored 29 goals.
His last Olympic appearance was at the Munich Games where he finished sixth with the Italian team in the 1972 water polo competition. He played all eight matches and scored 12 goals.
References
- Eraldo Pizzo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
External links
Media related to Eraldo Pizzo at Wikimedia Commons
- 1938 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Genoa
- Italian water polo players
- Olympic water polo players of Italy
- Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Male water polo players
- International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees
- Italian sportsmen