Mattia Giovanella

Mattia Giovanella (born 27 October 1997) is an Italian curler from Cembra, Italy.[1] He currently plays lead on Team Joël Retornaz.

Mattia Giovanella
Curler
Born (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997
Trento, Italy
Team
Curling clubTrentino Curling,
Cembra, ITA[1]
SkipJoël Retornaz
ThirdAmos Mosaner
SecondSebastiano Arman
LeadMattia Giovanella
Curling career
Member Association Italy
World Championship
appearances		3 (2021, 2022, 2023)
European Championship
appearances		2 (2021, 2022)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Grand Slam victories2 (2022 Masters, 2023 Tour Challenge)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Las Vegas
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Lillehammer
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Östersund

Career

Giovanella and his team of Luca Rizzolli, Alessandro Odorizzi, Giovanni Gottardi and Luca Casagrande represented Italy at the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships. There, the team made it to the gold medal game, where they lost to New Zealand's Matthew Neilson.[2] Their second-place finish qualified them for the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. At the championship, they finished in last place with a 1–8 round robin record, only beating Sweden's Daniel Berggren.[3]

Giovanella competed as lead for the Italian National Men's Curling Team skipped by Joël Retornaz at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship as regular lead Simone Gonin failed to pass the COVID-19 regulations to travel outside the country.[4] At the Worlds, Team Italy finished in seventh place with a 7–6 record, just missing the playoffs.[5]

Personal life

Giovanella works as a stone porphyry maker.[1]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2018–19[6] Luca RizzoliMattia GiovanellaAndrea PilzerNicola Gottardi
Luca RizzolliMattia GiovanellaAlessandro OdorizziGiovanni GottardiLuca Casagrande
2019–20 Luca RizzoliMattia GiovanellaAndrea PilzerNicola Gottardi
2020–21 Alberta Pimpini (Fourth)Mattia GiovanellaLuca Rizzoli (Skip)Daniele Ferrazza
Joël RetornazAmos MosanerSebastiano ArmanSimone GoninMattia Giovanella
2021–22 Mattia Giovanella (Fourth)Alberta PimpiniDaniele FerrazzaLuca Rizzoli (Skip)
Joël RetornazAmos MosanerSebastiano ArmanSimone GoninMattia Giovanella
2022–23 Joël RetornazAmos MosanerSebastiano ArmanMattia Giovanella
2023–24 Joël RetornazAmos MosanerSebastiano ArmanMattia Giovanella

References
  1. "2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  2. "2019 World Junior B Curling Championships". New Zealand Curling. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  3. "2019 World Junior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  4. Donna Spencer (March 31, 2021). "A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field". CBC. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  5. "2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  6. "Mattia Giovanella Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
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