Philippe Rizzo

Philippe Rizzo (born 9 February 1981 in Sydney), is an Australian gymnast and Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He was the first Australian to win a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships when he won silver on the horizontal bar in Ghent in 2001. He is also the first Australian to win a gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships when he won the horizontal bar in Aarhus in 2006.[1]

Philippe Rizzo
Full name	Philippe Rizzo
Country represented	Australia
Born	(1981-02-09) 9 February 1981 Sydney, Australia
Hometown	Canberra
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Club	Australian Institute of Sport
Head coach(es)	Vladimir Vatkin
Former coach(es)	YU BO
Medal record World Championships 2006 Aarhus Horizontal Bar 2001 Ghent Horizontal Bar Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing Horizontal Bar Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Pommel Horse 2002 Manchester Parallel Bars 2002 Manchester Horizontal Bar 2002 Manchester All Around 2006 Melbourne Team 2006 Melbourne Parallel Bars 2002 Manchester Team 2002 Manchester Floor]] 2006 Melbourne All Around

Rizzo is also a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist and has represented Australia at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

His hobbies include playing the guitar and surfing. Rizzo joined the AIS in 1995. His family is highly involved with gymnastics and runs the Australian Academy of Sport, one of the most prestigious gyms in the country. While training to become a top gymnast, Rizzo suffered injuries and needed surgery for a fractured elbow and torn ligaments. He has also had a ruptured Achilles tendon and a hip injury.