Nicholas James "Nick" Ponzio (born 4 January 1995) is an American-born Italian shot putter. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Shot put.
Ponzio received an eighteen month competition ban to run from February 2023 to August 2024 for a whereabouts rules violation, although he never tested positive for drug use, he was given the ban for failing to update his whereabouts while competing in Europe.
Biography
Nick Ponzio obtained Italian citizenship on June 15 and the process for the recognition of eligibility to wear the azzurro jersey, at 27 June 2021, day after he won his first Italian national title was underway. On 29 June 2021, World Athletics gave him clearance from 15 June to qualify him for 2020 Olympics
Personal bests
- Shot put: 21.83 m (Leiria, Portugal 13 March 2022)
Achievements
National titles
Ponzio won three national championship at individual senior level.
- Italian Athletics Championships
- Shot put: 2021, 2022
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- Shot put: 2022
Notes
References
External links
- Nick Ponzio at World Athletics
- Nick Ponzio at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Nick Ponzio at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Nick Ponzio at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Nick Ponzio at Olympedia
