Giorgio Lamberti

Giorgio Lamberti

Personal information
Full name	Giorgio Lamberti
Nationality	Italy
Born	28 January 1969 Brescia, Lombardy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record World Aquatics Championships 1991 Perth 200 m freestyle 1991 Perth 100 m freestyle 1991 Perth 4×200 m freestyle European Aquatics Championships (LC) 1989 Bonn 100 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 200 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 4×200 m freestyle 1987 Strasbourg 200 m freestyle 1991 Athens 200 m freestyle 1991 Athens 4×200 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 4×100 m medley 1991 Athens 100 m freestyle 1991 Athens 400 m freestyle Mediterranean Games 1987 Latakia 100 m freestyle 1987 Latakia 200 m freestyle 1987 Latakia 400 m freestyle 1991 Athens 200 m freestyle 1991 Athens 50 m freestyle

Giorgio Lamberti (born 28 January 1969) is an Italian former swimmer.^[1]

Biography

Lamberti was born in Brescia, Lombardy. At six, he was advised to begin swimming to improve his light physique. At 17, in 1986, he won the first of his six Italian championships. He took part in the following 1986 World Aquatics Championships, where he reached the B final in the 200 freestyle, and took part in the Italian 4x200 freestyle relay.

The following year, now coached by Alberto Castagnetti, he established the new short course record at Bonn in the 200 and 400 m freestyle. However, he did not qualify for the finals in the same races at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games later in the year. At the 1989 European LC Championships, held again in Bonn, winning the gold medal in the 100 and 200 m freestyle; in the latter, with 1'46"69, he set the new world record, which remained unbeaten for 10 years, until Grant Hackett improved it at Brisbane in 1999. Lamberti at Bonn won another gold medal in the 4x200 freestyle.

In the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Lamberti won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle, winning also a medal in the 100 m and 4x200 m races. In the European Championships held in the same year at Athens, he won a silver medal in the 200 m, behind Artur Wojdat, and a bronze in the 100  (won by Alexander Popov) and 400 m (won by Yevgeny Sadovyi). Lamberti participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics, obtaining a fifth place in the 4x200 m relay as his best results.

After swimming

He retired from professional swimming in 1993, and, from 2003 to 2008, was a member of the city's council of Brescia, with responsibility of sports and recreation. He later held several positions in the Italian Swimming Federation. In 2004 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

See also

• Italy national swimming team - Multiple medalists
• Italian record progression 100 metres freestyle
• Italian record progression 200 metres freestyle
• World record progression 200 metres freestyle
• World record progression 400 metres freestyle

References

1. "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links

• Giorgio Lamberti on agendadiana.com