Sergio Massidda

Sergio Massidda

Personal information
Citizenship	Italian
Born	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 23) Ghilarza, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	61 kg
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing   Italy World Championships 2023 Riyadh 61 kg European Championships 2023 Yerevan 61 kg European U23 Championships 2025 Durres 65 kg

Sergio Massidda (born 26 January 2002) is an Italian weightlifter. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 World Championships.

Career

He won the silver medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia. He represented Italy at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, as well as the 2021 European Championships and 2018 World Championships. ^[1]

Massidda won the gold medal in the men's 55 kg event at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships held in Las Vegas, United States. ^{[2] [3]}

At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, he won the gold medal in his event. ^[4]

Massidda won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.

In August 2024, Massidda competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He failed three attempts to lift 134 kg in the Snatch and he did not compete in the Clean & Jerk. A successful attempt in the Snatch would have placed Massidda in the second position after the lift.

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Summer Olympics
2024	Paris, France	61 kg	132	134	134	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—
World Championships
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	55 kg	105	105	110	8	126	126	131	8	236	7
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	55 kg	105	109	112	11	130	130	135	9	244	9
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	61 kg	130	133	135	4	158	162	164	8	293	4
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	61 kg	135	137	139		163	165	165	7	302
IWF World Cup
2020	Rome, Italy	61 kg	110	110	119	8	135	135	140	7	250	7
2024	Phuket, Thailand	67 kg	140	145	145		165	170	172		317
European Championships
2019	Batumi, Georgia	55 kg	100	100	105	8	125	130	130	7	225	8
2021	Moscow, Russia	61 kg	125	130	130	6	145	155	160	6	280	7
2023	Yerevan, Armenia	61 kg	130	134	137		154	154	162		292
2024	Sofia, Bulgaria	67 kg	135	140	141		162	167	167	5	304	4

References

1. https://www.the-sports.org/sergio-massidda-weightlifting-spf481564.html Sport
2. Diamond, James (9 March 2019). "Hat-trick of golds for Massidda at IWF Youth World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
3. "2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
4. "2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

External links

• Sergio Massidda at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Sergio Massidda at the International Weightlifting Results Project
• Sergio Massidda at Olympics.com