Pier Andrea Matteazzi (born 5 December 1997 in

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

) is an Italian swimmer, specialized in 400 m medley race. He competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, in 400 m individual medley His club is In Sport Rane Rosse and he is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Olimpico dell'Esercito.

Career

His first medal at a senior competition was won in 2017 (bronze medal with 4:20.88), the following year he won the silver medal with 4:17.21 and he participated to the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

in Tarragona, finishing 4th at 400 medley. He won his first Italian championships in 2019, with 4:15.73 and participates to Naples

2019 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 118 , Athletes participating = 5,971 , Events = 220 , Sports = 18 , Opening ceremony = 3 July , Closing ceremony = 14 July , Officially opened by = President Se ...

. He established a new personal best with 4:15.02 in 2020, improved with 4:12.79 in 2021 for finishing 5th at the 2020 European Championships. He qualified for representing Italy at the

2020 Summer Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. Day one of swimming at the

2022 European Aquatics Championships The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 e ...

, in August in

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, Matteazzi won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:13.29.Canello, Dimitri (11 August 2022)
"Europei di nuoto a Roma, medaglie per Enrica Piccoli e Pier Andrea Matteazzi"
(in Italian). ''

Corriere del Veneto The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...

''. Retrieved 11 August 2022.Stefano Arcobelli-Mario Canfora (11 August 2022)
"Europei: grandissimo Razzetti! Oro nei 400 misti. Italia d'argento nella 4x200 stile libero"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 11 August 2022."Un oro para Italia en ninicio del torneo europeo"
(in Spanish). '' ANSA Latina''. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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* Living people 1997 births Sportspeople from Vicenza Italian male medley swimmers Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Italian sportspeople FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Summer World University Games medalists in swimming {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub