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| Born | 21 April 1938 (1938-04-21) (age 87) Rivarolo Ligure,Genoa, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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Eraldo Pizzo (born 21 April 1938) is an Italianwater polo player who competed in the1960 Summer Olympics, in the1964 Summer Olympics, in the1968 Summer Olympics, and in the1972 Summer Olympics.
He was born inRivarolo Ligure,Genoa. In 1960, he was a member of theItalian water polo team which won the gold medal. He played six matches and scored seven goals.
Four years later he finished fourth with the Italian team in thewater polo competition at the Tokyo Games. He played six matches and scored five goals.
At the 1968 Games he was part of the Italian team which finished again fourth in theOlympic water polo tournament. He played all nine matches and scored 29 goals.
His last Olympic appearance was at the Munich Games where he finished sixth with the Italian team in the1972 water polo competition. He played all eight matches and scored 12 goals.
On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President ofItalian National Olympic Committee (CONI),Giovanni Malagò, was inaugurated in theOlympic Park of theForo Italico inRome, alongViale delle Olimpiadi, theWalk of Fame of Italian sport, consisting of 100 tiles that chronologically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile are the name of the sportsman, the sport in which he distinguished himself and the symbol of CONI. One of these tiles is dedicated to Eraldo Pizzo.[1]
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