Robert Pigozzi

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Robert Pigozzi Perdomo
Personal information
Born (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 26)
Santo Domingo
Alma mater Universidad APEC
Sport
Country Dominican Republic
Sport Waterskiing
Robert Pigozzi
Medal record
Men's water skiing
Representing the Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Slalom
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Santa Marta Slalom
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Valledupar Slalom

Robert Pigozzi Perdomo (born 13 September 1997) [1] is a Dominican water skier. He won the gold medal in Water skiing at the 2019 Pan American Games and the silver in 2023. He have won gold medals in the 2017 and the 2022 Bolivarian Games.

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Personal and early life

His parents are Mario Pigozzi, Italian and Niurkys Perdomo. [2] He started practicing water skiing guided by his father. [3] In his early years he also practiced football and baseball. [2] He studied digital communications at Universidad APEC. [3]

He is sponsored by Nautique Boats since 2019. [4] [5]

Career

2015—2016

He became 2015 World Junior Waterski Championships, held at Bujama, Peru setting a U17 world record [6] with the 3.50/58/10.75 mark from the first round. [7] [8] He participated in the Water skiing at the 2015 Pan American Games, ranking sixth in the preliminary round and eight in the final of the slalom competition. [9] [10]

Because of his 2015 and 2016 results, the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation selected him to participate in the 2017 World Games. [11] [12]

2017

Pigozzi competed in the 2017 World Games, ranking ninth at the qualification with 1.0b/18.25m and ending up in seventh place in the final with 4.0b/11.25m in slalom. [13] He won the 2017 Bolivarian Games slalom competition gold medal, setting a games record in his category. [14]

2018

Pigozzi won the U21 Pan American Championships held in Chile, setting a new record with 1.5/58/10.25 mark. He finished in second place in the Open category, qualifying for the 2019 Pan American Games. [15] He became the first Latin American water skier to qualify for the Masters Water Ski Tournament. [16] At the Botaski Pro-Am World, held at the Seseña Waterski Complex, Spain, he set an U21 world record with a 1.00/58/9.75 mark in the first round of the competition, that he ended up in seventh place. [17] He was the eighth athlete and the younger ever to achieve the 41 off record. [18]

2019—2021

He won the National Championships with a 2.00/58/10.75 mark. [19] At the XXXVII Latin American Championships held in Chile, he won his fifth consecutive title, when he marked a 4 @ 10.75. [20] He qualified for the Open Masters for second consecutive time in the Orlando, Florida qualifier. He announced that he would spend the month of June competing in Europe to get in shape for the upcoming regional games. [21]

In the Pan American Games, he won the gold medal of the slalom competition after having 2.50/58/10.25 in the preliminary round [22] and 2.50/58/10.25 in the final round. [23] He would later recall this winning as the one who make him notable at home, because this is the kind of competition that really matters for his home country. [24]

He won the 2021 Dominican Republic Athlete of the Year award awarded by the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee and winning to fellow athletes: karate practitioner María Dimitrova, judoka Ana Rosa García and volleyball player Bethania de la Cruz. [25] [26]

2022

During the 2022 Bolivarian Games, he won the slalom gold medal. [27] In July, he represented the Dominican Republic at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. He recorded 4.00/58/11.25 in the slalom's preliminary round and 1.50/58/11.25, ranking seventh in the final. [28] He ranked eighth at the 2022 IWWF Waterski Pan American Championships with a 4,00/58/10.75 mark. [29]

2023

Pigozzi won the National Championships settng a 4.50/58/11.25 mark. [30] In May, at Groveland, Florida he qualified for the Open Masters for the fifth time in Slalom. [31]

He represented his home country and selected to carry the national flag at the Parade of Nations of the 2023 Pan American Games along with Yvonne Losos de Muñiz. [32] During the slalom competition, he scored 6.00/58/10.75 in the preliminary round and later scored 1.00/58/10.25 to win the silver medal. [33]

Achievements

World records

World Records
3.50@58/10.7511 January 2015World Junior ChampionshipsBujama, Peru

Major titles

Major Slalom Titles
World Junior Championship Titles2015
Pan American Games2019
Latin American Championships2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
National Championships2018, 2019, 2023

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References

  1. ↑ "PIGOZZI PERDOMO Robert". Lima 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 Mota Nina, Alipio (7 September 2018). "Roberto Pigozzi enseña clase en esquí acuático" [Roberto Pigozzi teaches water ski class]. El Dia (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 Mota Nina, Alipio (22 August 2019). "Robert Pigozzi: 'Mi padre es quien me guía en esquí'" [Robert Pigozzi: 'My father is the one who guides me in skiing']. El Dia (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Nautique welcomes waterskiers Robert Pigozzi and Pato Font to the team". Nautique. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Team Nautique". Nautique. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "IWWF Water Ski World Records". International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Maldonado, Persio (17 March 2015). "Robert Pigozzi, un campeón sin límites en el esquí náutico" [Robert Pigozzi, a limitless champion in water skiing]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Robert Pigozzi gana Mundial Junior de Esquí Acuático" [Robert Pigozzi wins Junior Water Ski World Cup] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Colimdo. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Maldonado, Persio (20 July 2015). "Dominicano Robert Pigozzi clasifica a la final en esquí náutico de los Juegos Panamericanos" [Dominican Robert Pigozzi qualifies for the water skiing final of the Pan American Games]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "RD suma dos oros y par de bronce jornada XVIII" [RD adds two golds and a couple of bronzes on the 18th day] (in Spanish). Colimdo. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Esquiador dominicano Robert Pigozzi clasificado e invitado a los World Games, Polonia 2017" [Dominican skier Robert Pigozzi classified and invited to the World Games, Poland 2017]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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  13. ↑ "The World Games - Waterski competition results" (PDF). International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation. 27 July 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  14. ↑ "Dominicano Pigozzi gana medalla de oro e iguala su récord en esquí náutico de Juegos Bolivarianos" [Dominican Pigozzi wins gold medal and equals his record in water skiing from the Bolivarian Games]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Pigozzi clasifica a Los Panamericanos" [Pigozzi qualifies for The Pan American Games]. Listin Diario (in Spanish). 19 November 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Robert Pigozzi: El dominicano que hizo historia al clasificar en el torneo Masters" [Robert Pigozzi: The Dominican who made history by qualifying for the Masters tournament]. El Dinero (in Spanish). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "Robert Pigozzi: El dominicano que hizo historia al clasificar en el torneo Masters" (PDF). International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation. 1 July 2018. p. 2. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Esquiador de RD bate una marca mundial en España" [Skier from the DR breaks a world record in Spain]. El Dia (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "II Campeonato Nacional Republica Dom" [II National Championship of the Dominican Republic]. International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  20. ↑ "Los Hermanos Pigozzi triunfan en Latinoamericano de Esquí Náutico en Chile" [The Pigozzi Brothers triumph in Latin American Water Skiing in Chile]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  21. ↑ "Robert Pigozzi triunfa en Masters de Esquí Náutico" [Robert Pigozzi triumphs in Water Ski Masters]. Listin Diario (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  22. ↑ "Results - Men's Slalom - Preliminary Round - Heat 1". Lima 2019. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  23. ↑ "Results - Men's Slalom - Final". Lima 2019. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  24. ↑ Recio, Juan Arturo (11 April 2020). "Robert Pigozzi busca colocar el esquí acuático en la mente de todos los dominicanos" [Robert Pigozzi seeks to place water skiing in the minds of all Dominicans]. ESPN (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  25. ↑ "Pigozzi es electo el Atleta del Año" [Pigozzi es elegido el Atleta del Año]. Listin Diario (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  26. ↑ "Robert Pigozzi recibe galardón Atleta del Año" [Robert Pigozzi receives Athlete of the Year award]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  27. ↑ "Robert Pigozzi, campeón slalom del esquí naútico Bolivarianos" [Robert Pigozzi, Bolivarian water ski slalom champion] (in Spanish). Valledupar, Colombia: Colimdo. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  28. ↑ "The World Games 2022". International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  29. ↑ "2022 IWWF Waterski Panamerican Championship". International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  30. ↑ "3º Campeonato Nacional 2023" [3rd National Championship 2023]. International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  31. ↑ "Robert Pigozzi se clasifica por quinta vez al Open Masters de Slalom en esquí náutico" [Robert Pigozzi qualifies for the fifth time in the Open Masters Slalom in water skiing]. El Dia (in Spanish). 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  32. ↑ "Robert Pigozzi e Ivonne Lozos serán los abanderados dominicanos en Santiago de Chile" [Robert Pigozzi and Ivonne Lozos will be the Dominican flag bearers in Santiago de Chile]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  33. ↑ "Robert Pigozzi gana plata en esquí acuático, quinta medalla dominicana en los Juegos Panamericanos" [Robert Pigozzi wins silver in water skiing, fifth Dominican medal in the Pan American Games]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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