Alessandro Pittin

Alessandro Pittin, born on 11 February 1990 in Tolmezzo, is a former Italian Nordic combined athlete who competed in six Olympic Games. He lives in Cercivento in the province of Udine and was a four-time Junior World Championships medallist, with three golds and one bronze. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver he won bronze in the 10 kilometre individual normal hill, the first Italian Olympic medal in Nordic combined. Four years later in Sochi he placed fourth in the normal hill, and at the 2015 World Championships in Falun he took silver in the same discipline. He also took part in the Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang, Beijing and Milano Cortina. He won three World Cup races and reached sixteen World Cup podiums.