[5] In 2019 Pizzolato competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 81 kg category, winning the gold medal in the Clean & Jerk and total.

[8] He won the gold medal in the men's 89 kg Snatch and Clean & Jerk events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.

[9][10] In August 2024, Pizzolato competed in the men's 89 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.

Pizzolato originally failed all three attempts in Clean & Jerk but the jury overturned a unanimous no-lift decision by the referees on his final lift.

He and his three friends are accused of raping a 27-year-old Finnish female tourist at a residence in Trapani, Italy, on 22 July 2022.