Matteo Rivolta

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Matteo Rivolta
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Personal information
Born (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32)
Milan, Italy
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
ClubTeam Insubrika
CoachGianni Leoni

Matteo Rivolta (born 16 November 1991) is a male Italian swimmer. He won bronze medal in 100 metres butterfly at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships.

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Rivolta an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro. [1]

He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 22nd in the 100 m butterfly and was part of the Italian team that finished in 14th in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay. [2] At the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 25th in the 100 m butterfly. [2]

At the 2012 European Championships, he was part of the Italian team that won gold in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, and won bronze in the men's 100 m butterfly. [3]

At the 2015 European Short Course Championships, he was part of the Italian team that won gold in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, and won silver in the men's 100 m butterfly. [3] At the 2017 European Short Course Championship, he won the men's 100 m butterfly. [3]

In 2021, he won the gold in the 100 m butterfly and bronze in the 50 m butterfly at the Short Course World Championship, setting a new Italian record. [4] [5] As of December 2022, he also holds the Italian short course record in the 100 m butterfly. [4] He was part of the Italian team that won gold in the men's 4 × 100 m relay in a new championship record of 3:19.76 (with Lorenzo Mora, Nicolo Martinenghi and Alessandro Miressi) [5] and bronze in the men's 4 x 50 m medley relay (with Mora, Martinenghi and Lorenzo Zazzeri). [5] At the 2021 European Short Course championships he won silver in the men's 50 m butterfly and the men's 4 x 50 m medley relay. [3]

At the 2022 Short Course World Championships, he was part of the Italian 4 x 50 m medley relay team that won the gold medal in a new world record time of 1:29.72 (with Mora, Martinenghi and Leonardo Deplano). [4] [6] At that championships, he was also part of the Italian team that won bronze in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, with a new European record time (with Mora, Martinenghi and Miressi). [4] [6] He was also part of the Italian 4 × 100 m medley relay team that won gold at the European Long Course Championships. [4]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventPerformanceNotes
2012 European Championships (LC) Flag of Hungary.svg Debrecen 3rd 100 m butterfly 52"40
1st 4 × 100 m medley 3'32"80 Sport records icon NR.svg
2022 European Championships (LC) Flag of Italy.svg Roma 1st 4 × 100 m medley 3'28"46 Sport records icon CR.svg

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References

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