Philippe Rizzo

Philippe Rizzo (born 9 February 1981 in Sydney) is an Australian gymnast and Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He was 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.^[1]

Born (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981 (age 45)

Sydney, Australia

Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics

Country
represented Australia

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Philippe Rizzo
Born	(1981-02-09) 9 February 1981 (age 45) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Australia
Club	Australian Institute of Sport
Head coach(es)	Vladimir Vatkin
Former coach(es)	YU BO
Medal record World Championships 2006 Aarhus Horizontal Bar 2001 Ghent Horizontal Bar Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing Horizontal Bar Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Pommel Horse 2002 Manchester Parallel Bars 2002 Manchester Horizontal Bar 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team 2002 Manchester All Around 2006 Melbourne Team 2006 Melbourne Parallel Bars 2002 Manchester Team 2002 Manchester Floor]] 2006 Melbourne All Around

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Rizzo is also a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist and has represented Australia at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

His hobbies include playing the guitar and surfing. Rizzo joined the AIS in 1995. His family is highly involved with gymnastics and runs the Australian Academy of Sport.

Inaugural inductee to University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame in 2022.^[2]