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| National team |  Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 May 1982 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
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Alessandra Cappa (born 19 May 1982) [1] is a backstroke swimmer from Italy who won the bronze medal in the women's 50 metres backstroke event at the 2004 European Championships. She represented her native country a couple of months later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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