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Nicola Vizzoni (born 4 November 1973 in Pietrasanta) is an Italian hammer thrower. He won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

His personal best throw is 80.50 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Formia.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	5th
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	17th
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	7th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	2nd
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	4th
	Universiade	Beijing, China	1st
	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	1st
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	9th

1949 – 1955: Teseo Taddia (ITA) • 1959: Krešimir Račić (YUG) • 1963: Zvonko Bezjak (YUG) • 1967: Not Held • 1971: Georgios Georgiadis (GRE) • 1975: Srecko Štiglic (YUG) • 1979 – 1983: Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) • 1987: Lucio Serrani (ITA) • 1991: Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) • 1993: Not Held • 1997: Christophe Épalle (FRA) • 2001: Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) • 2005: Eşref Apak (TUR)

1959 – 1961: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) • 1963: Gennadiy Kondrashov (URS) • 1965: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) • 1967: Yoshihisa Ishida (JPN) • 1970: Jochen Sachse (GDR) • 1973: Valentin Dmitriyenko (URS) • 1975: Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) • 1977: Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) • 1979 – 1981: Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) • 1983: Jüri Tamm (URS) • 1985: Heinz Weis (FRG) • 1987 – 1989: Igor Astapkovich (URS) • 1991: Ken Flax (USA) • 1993: Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) • 1995 – 1997: Balázs Kiss (HUN) • 1999: Zsolt Németh (HUN) • 2001: Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) • 2003: Ivan Tikhon (BLR) • 2005: Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) • 2007: Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR) • 2009: Yury Shayunou (BLR)

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