Nick Ponzio

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Nick Ponzio
2022-08-15 European Championships 2022 - Men's Shot Put by Sandro Halank-004.jpg
Ponzio in 2022
Personal information
Full nameNicholas James Ponzio
National team Italy
Born (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 30)
San Diego, United States
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Shot put
Club Athletic Club 96 Alperia
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Shot put outdoor: 21.83 m (2022)
  • Shot put indoor: 21.61 m (2022)
Medal record
European Throwing Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Nicosia Shot put
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Leiria Shot put

Nicholas James "Nick" Ponzio (born 4 January 1995) is an American-born Italian shot putter. [1] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2]

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Ponzio received an eighteen month competition ban to run from February 2023 to August 2024 for a whereabouts rules violation, although he never tested positive for drug use, he was given the ban for failing to update his whereabouts while competing in Europe. [3]

Biography

Nick Ponzio obtained Italian citizenship on June 15 and the process for the recognition of eligibility to wear the azzurro jersey, at 27 June 2021, day after he won his first Italian national title was underway. [4] On 29 June 2021, World Athletics gave him clearance from 15 June to qualify him for 2020 Olympics [5]

Personal bests

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEventMeasureNotes
2021 Olympic Games Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo QualShot put 20.80 m
2022 European Throwing Cup Flag of Portugal (official).svg Leiria 2ndShot put21.83 m PB
World Indoor Championships Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade 7thShot put 21.30 m
World Championships Flag of the United States.svg Eugene 9thShot put 20.81 m [a]
European Championships Flag of Germany.svg Munich 4thShot put 20.98 m

National titles

Ponzio won three national championship at individual senior level. [6]

Notes

  1. He threw 21.35 (Q) in qualify

References

  1. 1 2 "Nick Ponzio - Athlete profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. "Athletics PONZIO Nick". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. "Italian shot-putter Nick Ponzio banned, to miss Paris Olympics". ESPN. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  4. "Nick Ponzio parteciperà agli assoluti di Rovereto nel getto del peso, sfida stellare per il titolo con Leonardo Fabbri" (in Italian). atleticanotizie.myblog.it. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. ELIGIBILITY: USA until 14 JUN 2021 – eligible to represent ITA in National Representative Competitions (see World Athletics Eligibility to Represent a Member Rule 1.2.1 d) from 15 JUN 2021.
  6. "2021 Italian Athletics Championships - Results" (in Italian). fidal.it. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR - Ancona, 26 e 27 febbraio 202". fidal.it (in Italian). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.