Pietro Giachino

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Pietro Giachino
Full namePietro Oliver Giachino
Born (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 30)
Oslo
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
Country
represented
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Club SK Njård
Medal record
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Norwegian Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 OsloAll-Around (juniors)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 StordAll-Around (seniors)

Pietro Oliver Giachino (born February 26, 1995) is a Norwegian gymnast of Italian descent. [1]

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Career

Pietro Oliver Giachino was born in Oslo to a Norwegian mother and an Italian father and, since 2006, he has competed in artistic gymnastics. In 2007, he joined the Norwegian national team. [2] [3] As a member of the club, Pietro has won medals as both a junior and a senior competitor. [4] [5]

In early 2015, he began competing for the Italian artistic gymnastics club, Juventus, and participated in three sporting events. He took part in the first European Games in June 2015 where he did not win any medals. [2] Pietro also participated in the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships [2] and the 2015 Championships in Glasgow. [3]

Trivia

Pietro was inspired by the gymnast Åge Storhaug, who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. [2]

He speaks Norwegian, Italian and English. [2]

References

  1. "GIACHINO Pietro - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 (in English) Pietro GIACHINO [ usurped ]. 2015 European Games Official Website. Accessed 15 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 (in English) GIACHINO Pietro (NOR) Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine . Database.fig-gymnastics.com. Accessed 15 August 2015.
  4. "Norsk turntalent med historisk bragd: – Konkurrenter var glade på mine vegne". www.aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  5. Johnsen, Camilla Sandhaug (2018-01-23). "Utøverstipend til Pietro". Norges Gymnastikk og Turnforbund (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-12-16.