Domenico Fioravanti

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Domenico Fioravanti
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Personal information
Full nameDomenico Fioravanti
NationalityFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1977-05-31) 31 May 1977 (age 48)
Trecate, Piedmont
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Gialle
Nuoto Club Verona
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 200
World Championships (LC) 011
World Championships (SC) 010
European Championships (LC) 210
European Championships (SC) 230
Mediterranean Games 210
Goodwill Games 001
Total872
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney 200 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Fukuoka 50 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Hong Kong 100 m breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Helsinki 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Helsinki 200 m breaststroke
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Valencia 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Valencia 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Valencia 200 m breaststroke
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Bari 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Bari 4×100 m medley [1]

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

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Career

Domenico Fioravanti was born in Trecate, near Novara, Piedmont. He started swimming 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 in 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". Archived from the original on 27 August 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Domenico Fioravanti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2012.