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| Pietro Giachino | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pietro Oliver Giachino | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 February 1995 Oslo | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Club | SK Njård | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pietro Oliver Giachino (born 26 February 1995) is a Norwegian gymnast of Italian descent.
Pietro 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. [1] [2] As a member of the club, Pietro has won medals as both a junior and a senior competitor.[ citation needed ]
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. [1] Pietro also participated in the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships [1] and the 2015 Championships in Glasgow. [2]
Pietro was inspired by the gymnast Åge Storhaug who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. [1]
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