Federica Pellegrini is an Italian retired swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Pellegrini became the first woman ever to break the 4-minute barrier in the 400 m freestyle with a time of 3:59.15. She also held the women's 200 meters freestyle world record.
Novella Calligaris is a retired Italian swimmer, and the first Italian to win an Olympic medal in swimming. Her elder brother Mauro Calligaris was also an Olympic swimmer.
Dara Grace Torres is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games, and at age 41, the oldest swimmer to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 50-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley relay, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and won silver medals in all three events.
Filippo Magnini is an Italian retired competitive swimmer who was twice 100 metres freestyle World champion and three times European champion at that distance.
Massimiliano "Massi" Rosolino is an Italian retired competitive swimmer.
Giorgio Lamberti is an Italian former swimmer. In 1991 he became the first swimmer of Italy to win a world title, and gold medal, at a FINA World Aquatics Championships. He formerly held world records in the short course and long course 200 metre freestyle as well as in the short course 400 metre freestyle.
Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Emanuele Merisi is an Italian former professional swimmer, specialized in backstroke, who won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Emiliano Brembilla is a freestyle swimmer from Italy who was five-time individual European Champion, four in 400 m freestyle and one in 1500 m freestyle (1997).
Robert Steven Genter is an American former competition swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. He was a freestyle specialist who earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He also won silver medals at the Munich Olympics in the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle events.
Katrin Meissner is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The fifteen-year-old triumphed with the GDR women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley and in the 4×100 m freestyle, and finished third in the 50 m freestyle.
Cecilia Vianini is a former Italian freestyle swimmer. She achieved many European-level medals and was many times finalist in world level competitions, mainly in freestyle relays. She participated for Italy in the Summer Olympic of Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 19 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.
Simone Cercato is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, alongside Emiliano Brembilla, Filippo Magnini, and Massimiliano Rosolino. He made his Olympic debut in 2000.
Christian Galenda is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the men's individual 100 metres freestyle event at the 2004 European Championships. He represented his native country a couple of months later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was born in Dolo.
Eleanor A. Garatti, later known by her married name Eleanor Saville, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder.
Joan Arlene Spillane is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Italy (ITA) competed at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain.
Luca Dotto is an Italian swimmer. He holds the Italian record in the 100 m freestyle with a time of 47.96 and was the first Italian to break 48 seconds. He also won the silver medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai.
Matteo Ciampi is an Italian swimmer. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.
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