Alberto Pimpini

Alberto Pimpini
Born (1997-01-26) January 26, 1997 (age 28)
Rivoli, Italy
Team
Curling clubSC Pinerolo, Pinerolo
Aeronautica Militare[1]
SkipAlberto Pimpini
ThirdFrancesco Vigliani
SecondFabio Carlisano
LeadJacopo Scappin
Mixed doubles
partner
Rachele Scalesse
Curling career
Member Association Italy
World Championship
appearances
1 (2019)
World Mixed Championship
appearances
2 (2015, 2023)
European Championship
appearances
4 (2019, 2022, 2023, 2025)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  Italy
European Curling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Östersund

Alberto Pimpini (born January 26, 1997, in Rivoli) is an Italian curler[2] from Giaveno.[3] He currently skips his own team out of Pinerolo.

At the national level, he is a 2019 Italian mixed champion, and a 2025 Italian Mixed Doubles champion. He also won his first men's event on the World Curling Tour at the 2025 Prague Open, winning over Switzerland's Felix Lüthold 8-1 in the final.

Personal life

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He started curling in 2007 at the age of 10.[3]

Teams

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Men's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2015–16 Amos Mosaner Alessandro Zoppi Alberto Pimpini Eugenio Molinatti Carlo Gottardi Massimo Tortia WJBCC 2016 (5th)
2016–17 Stefano Perucca Alberto Pimpini Simone Sola Fabio Sola [4]
2018–19 Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Simone Gonin Alberto Pimpini Marco Mariani WCC 2019 (7th)
2019–20 Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Simone Gonin Alberto Pimpini Claudio Pescia ECC 2019 (5th)
2020–21 Alberto Pimpini (Fourth) Mattia Giovanella Luca Rizzolli (Skip) Daniele Ferrazza
2021–22 Mattia Giovanella (Fourth) Alberto Pimpini Daniele Ferrazza Luca Rizzolli (Skip)
2022–23 Fabio Ribotta Alberto Pimpini Fabrizio Gallo Francesco Vigliani Stefano Gilli
2024–25 Alberto Pimpini Simone Gonin Fabrizio Gallo Mario Rossi
2025–26 Alberto Pimpini Francesco Vigliani Fabio Carlisano Jacopo Scappin

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2015–16 Fabio Sola (fourth) Denise Pimpini (skip) Alberto Pimpini Sara Aliberti Stefano Perucca WMxCC 2015 (9th)
2018–19 Alberto Pimpini (fourth) Barbara Gentile Stefano Perucca (skip) Amanda Bianchi Giulia Mingozzi, Eugenio Molinatti Gianandrea Gallinatto IMxCC 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ Aeronautica Militare - club - FISG - Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio(in Italian)
  2. ^ Alberto Pimpini - Player profile on the Italian Ice Sports Federation (La Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio, FISG) database (in Italian)
  3. ^ a b Curling Canada (2019). "2019 Hi Bred World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  4. ^ Perucca1-2 at 2017 Red Square Classic - Curlingzone
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