Domenico Fioravanti

Domenico Fioravanti

Domenico Fioravanti with the Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Personal information
Full name Domenico Fioravanti
Nationality  Italy
Born (1977-05-31) 31 May 1977
Novara, Piedmont
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Gialle
Nuoto Club Verona

Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]

Career

Domenico Fioravanti was born at Novara, Piedmont. He started to swim competitively at the age of nine, and one year later began training daily, spurred by his elder brother Massimiliano who was also a swimmer. In 1995 he took part at his first European Championship. In 1999 he was European champion in the 100 m breaststroke.

In 2000 Fioravanti became the first Italian swimmer to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke races. He also won another gold European medal in the 100 m breaststroke. In 2001 he received the silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke and bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the World Championship. Moreover, he won the Italian championship thirty times. In 2004 he was forced to retire from competitive swimming due to a genetic heart anomaly.

Personal bests

In long course swimming, Fioravanti's personal bests are:

See also

References

  1. "Giochi del Mediterraneo 1997". Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  2. "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links

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