| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Mozambique  Italy |
| Born | 3 May 1993 Milan, Italy |
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Mozambique |
| Sport | Swimming |
Ludovico Corsini (born 3 May 1993 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian-Mozambican swimmer specializing in Sprint breaststroke. [1] In 2018, he competed at the XXI Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in the men's 50 and 100 breaststroke. [2]
Adrian David Moorhouse MBE is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Since then Moorhouse, a former pupil of Bingley Grammar School, has translated his sporting success to a successful career in the business world, as managing director of Lane4, a consultancy helping individuals and teams around the world reach their fullest potential.
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Lara van Niekerk is a South African competitive swimmer. She is the current African, Commonwealth, and South African record holder in the long course 50-metre breaststroke and the African and South African record holder in the short course 50-metre breaststroke. She won gold medals in the 50-metre breaststroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as a silver medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships and the bronze medal at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in the same event. In the 100-metre breaststroke, she won gold medals at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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