Status Active Games Pokemon Hometown Marlton, New Jersey Name Ray Rizzo | Nationality United States Home town Marlton League Pokemon VGC | |
Date of birth (1992-08-27) August 27, 1992 (age 23) | ||
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Raymond "Ray" Rizzo (born August 27, 1992) is a three-time Pokémon Video Game World Champion.
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Biography
Ray Rizzo grew up in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, New Jersey in the United States and at a young age took a liking to Pokémon. He attended Cherokee High School in Marlton, New Jersey. Rizzo then attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. While studying at Drake, Rizzo passed three actuarial exams: Probability (P), Financial Mathematics (FM), and Actuarial Models: Financial Economics (MFE). Currently, Rizzo resides in Exton, Pennsylvania.
Pokémon career
In 2010, Ray Rizzo won his first World Championship in Hawaii after defeating Japan's Yasuki Tochigi in the Senior Division finals. He followed that up by winning the 2011 World Championships in San Diego, California after defeating Matteo Gini in the then-new Masters Division finals. He then won the 2012 World Championships in Hawaii, defeating Wolfe Glick in the Masters Division finals, making Rizzo the first three-time Pokémon Video Game World Champion.
Rizzo was defeated in the first round of elimination at the 2013 Pokémon World Championships. In 2014, Rizzo was alleged to have cheated by using a hacked Aegislash at the 2014 US Pokémon National Championships. He denied the accusations, but said that he would not be using the Pokémon in the future.
In 2015, Rizzo was inducted into the Guinness World Records for his achievements. However, he did not qualify for the 2015 Pokémon World Championships.