# Mattia Giovanella

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Italian curler (born 1997)

Mattia Giovanella Curler Born (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 28) Trento, Italy Team Curling club Trentino Curling, Cembra, ITA[1] Skip Alberto Zisa Third Giacomo Colli Second Francesco De Zanna Lead Mattia Giovanella Alternate Francesco Vigliani Curling career Member Association Italy World Championship appearances 6 (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) European Championship appearances 5 (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) Olympic appearances 2 (2022, 2026) Grand Slam victories 4 (2022 Masters, 2023 Tour Challenge, 2023 National, 2023 Masters) Medal record Men's curling Representing Italy World Championships 2022 Las Vegas 2024 Schaffhausen European Championships 2021 Lillehammer 2022 Östersund

**Mattia Giovanella** (born 27 October 1997) is an [Italian](/source/Italians) [curler](/source/Curling) from [Cembra](/source/Cembra), [Italy](/source/Italy).[1] He currently plays [lead](/source/Lead_(curling)) on Team [Alberto Zisa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alberto_Zisa&action=edit&redlink=1).

## Career

Giovanella and his team of [Luca Rizzolli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luca_Rizzolli&action=edit&redlink=1), [Alessandro Odorizzi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alessandro_Odorizzi&action=edit&redlink=1), [Giovanni Gottardi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Gottardi_(curler)&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Luca Casagrande](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luca_Casagrande&action=edit&redlink=1) represented Italy at the [2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships](/source/2019_World_Junior-B_Curling_Championships_(January)). There, the team made it to the gold medal game, where they lost to New Zealand's [Matthew Neilson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Neilson&action=edit&redlink=1).[2] Their second-place finish qualified them for the [2019 World Junior Curling Championships](/source/2019_World_Junior_Curling_Championships) in [Liverpool, Nova Scotia](/source/Liverpool%2C_Nova_Scotia). At the championship, they finished in last place with a 1–8 round robin record, only beating Sweden's [Daniel Berggren](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Berggren&action=edit&redlink=1).[3]

Giovanella competed as lead for the Italian National Men's Curling Team skipped by [Joël Retornaz](/source/Jo%C3%ABl_Retornaz) at the [2021 World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2021_World_Men's_Curling_Championship) as regular lead [Simone Gonin](/source/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]

Giovanella would move up from alternate to their full-time lead on Team Retornaz starting during the [2022–23 curling season](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_curling_season). With Team Retornaz preparing for the [2026 Winter Olympics](/source/2026_Winter_Olympics), in which it would be hosted by their home country of Italy at [Cortina d'Ampezzo](/source/Cortina_d'Ampezzo), they would start to find more success. Notably, they would win 4 [Grand Slam of Curling](/source/Grand_Slam_of_Curling) events (the most ever for an Italian team) at the [2022 Masters](/source/2022_Masters_(curling)), [2023 Tour Challenge](/source/2023_Tour_Challenge), [2023 National](/source/2023_National), and [2023 Masters](/source/2023_Masters_(curling)). They would also win Italy's first medals at the [World Men's Curling Championship](/source/World_Men's_Curling_Championship), with two bronze medals in [2022](/source/2022_World_Men's_Curling_Championship) and in [2024](/source/2024_World_Men's_Curling_Championship).

## Personal life

Before becoming a full time curler, Giovanella worked as a stone porphyry maker.[1]

## Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate 2018–19[6] Luca Rizzoli Mattia Giovanella Andrea Pilzer Nicola Gottardi Luca Rizzolli Mattia Giovanella Alessandro Odorizzi Giovanni Gottardi Luca Casagrande 2019–20 Luca Rizzoli Mattia Giovanella Andrea Pilzer Nicola Gottardi 2020–21 Alberta Pimpini (Fourth) Mattia Giovanella Luca Rizzoli (Skip) Daniele Ferrazza Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Simone Gonin Mattia Giovanella 2021–22 Mattia Giovanella (Fourth) Alberta Pimpini Daniele Ferrazza Luca Rizzoli (Skip) Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Simone Gonin Mattia Giovanella 2022–23 Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Mattia Giovanella 2023–24 Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Mattia Giovanella 2024–25 Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Mattia Giovanella 2025–26 Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Mattia Giovanella 2026–27 Alberto Zisa Giacomo Colli Francesco De Zanna Mattia Giovanella Francesco Vigliani

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-2) ["2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210412194854/https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/04/2021-OK-Tire-BKT-Tires-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-4.pdf) (PDF). *Curling Canada*. Archived from [the original](https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/04/2021-OK-Tire-BKT-Tires-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-4.pdf) (PDF) on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["2019 World Junior B Curling Championships"](https://curling.org.nz/index.php/173-results/wjcc/1258-2019-world-junior-b). *New Zealand Curling*. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["2019 World Junior Curling Championships"](http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/634). *World Curling Federation*. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Donna Spencer (31 March 2021). ["A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field"](https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/team-by-team-look-into-men-s-world-curling-championships-field-1.5971155). *CBC*. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings"](https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2021-world-mens-curling-championship-scores-schedule-standings-results/). *Sportsnet*. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Mattia Giovanella Past Teams"](https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=40774&view=Teams#1). *CurlingZone*. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

## External links

- [Mattia Giovanella](https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/8991) at [World Curling](/source/World_Curling)

- [Mattia Giovanella](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/mattia-giovanella) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Mattia Giovanella](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/148486) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Mattia Giovanella](https://www.fisg.it/web/player/?t=50823) at the [Italian Ice Sports Federation](/source/Italian_Ice_Sports_Federation) (in Italian)

- [Mattia Giovanella](https://pechino2022.coni.it/italia-team/atleta/1854-Mattia_GIOVANELLA.html) at [CONI](/source/Italian_National_Olympic_Committee) (in Italian)

- [Mattia Giovanella](https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/25975) at the [Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics](/source/Milano_Cortina_2026_Winter_Olympics)

- [Mattia Giovanella](https://web.archive.org/web/20220306023051/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1037086-mattia-giovanella.htm) at the [Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics](/source/Beijing_2022_Winter_Olympics) (archived)

- [Mattia Giovanella](https://www.instagram.com/mattiagiovanellarasor/) on [Instagram](/source/Instagram_(identifier))

v t e Masters Champions (Men) Year: (country's/province's flag) champion skip 2002: Bruce Korte 2003 (Jan.): Kevin Martin 2003 (Dec.): Wayne Middaugh 2004: Jeff Stoughton 2006 (Feb.): Randy Ferbey 2006 (Dec.): Glenn Howard 2008 (Jan.): Glenn Howard 2008 (Nov.): Glenn Howard 2009: Glenn Howard 2010: Mike McEwen 2011: Glenn Howard 2012: Kevin Koe 2013: Glenn Howard 2014: Brad Gushue 2015: Mike McEwen 2016: Niklas Edin 2017: Brad Gushue 2018: John Epping 2019: Matt Dunstone 2021: Bruce Mouat 2022: Joël Retornaz 2023: Joël Retornaz 2025 (Jan.): Ross Whyte 2025 (Sep.): Matt Dunstone 2022: Italy (ITA) Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella 2023: Italy (ITA) Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella

v t e Tour Challenge Champions (Men) Year: (country's/province's flag) champion skip 2015: Kevin Koe 2016: Niklas Edin 2017: Brad Gushue 2018: Brad Jacobs 2019: Brad Jacobs 2022: Niklas Edin 2023: Joël Retornaz 2024: Bruce Mouat 2025: Bruce Mouat 2023: Italy (ITA) Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella

v t e National Champions (Men) Year: (country's/province's flag) champion skip 2002: Glenn Howard 2003: Pierre Charette 2004 (Jan.): Glenn Howard 2004 (Nov.): Kevin Martin 2005: Wayne Middaugh 2007 (Mar.): Kevin Martin 2007 (Dec.): Kevin Martin 2008: Wayne Middaugh 2010 (Jan.): Brad Gushue 2010 (Dec.): Kevin Martin 2012: Glenn Howard 2013: Jeff Stoughton 2014 (Mar.): Glenn Howard 2014 (Nov.): Mike McEwen 2015: Brad Gushue 2016: Brad Jacobs 2017: Bruce Mouat 2018: Ross Paterson 2019: Brad Jacobs 2021: Brad Gushue 2022: Brad Gushue 2023: Joël Retornaz 2024: Bruce Mouat 2025: Bruce Mouat 2023: Italy (ITA) Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella

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