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| Born | June 2, 1954 Florence, Italy | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||
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Riccardo De Magistris (born 2 June 1954) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal with his squad. [1] He is the younger brother of Gianni De Magistris, a teammate at those games who also took part in four other Olympics.
Italy competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 210 competitors, 183 men and 27 women, took part in 122 events in 20 sports.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Jordi "Chiqui" Sans Juan is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Four years earlier, when his home town of Barcelona hosted the Games, he was on the side that captured the silver medal.
Carlo Silipo is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2004. After having won the gold medal in Barcelona, Spain, he won bronze with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Tania Di Mario is an Italian female water polo forward, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and the silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was also part of the Italian team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Petre Mshvenieradze was a Soviet and Georgian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.
Gianni De Magistris is a retired Italian water polo player. He was part of Italian teams that won the world title in 1978, a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics, and two bronze medals, at the 1975 world and 1977 European championships.
Marco Gerini is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Amedeo Pomilio is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Gianni Averaimo is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Massimiliano Ferretti is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Mario Fiorillo is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Francesco Porzio is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Valentino Gallo is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He was part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is currently playing with AN Brescia in Italy.
Guillermo Molina Ríos is a Spanish water polo player who competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in four consecutive Summer Olympics (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio. He was the joint top goalscorer at the 2016 Olympics, with 19 goals. Afterwards he competed for Italy men's national water polo team in the 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship. He helped Italian water polo club Pro Recco win the LEN Champions League in 2009–10 and 2011–12 season.
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Riccardo Tempestini is an Italian former water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
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