Roberto Pavoni

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Roberto Pavoni
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Pavoni at the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Netanya
Personal information
Full nameRoberto Pavoni
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1991-03-22) 22 March 1991 (age 32)
Harold Wood, England
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley
College team Loughborough University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Berlin 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Berlin 200 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Netanya 400 m medley

Roberto Pavoni (born 22 March 1991) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in various international championships. [1] [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he finished 13th overall in the heats in the Men's 400 metre individual medley and failed to reach the final. He also competed in the 200m butterfly, again failing to reach the final. [2]

He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, reaching the final of the men's 200 m butterfly, men's 200 m individual medley, men's 400 m individual medley, and he was also part of the English 4 x 200 m freestyle relay team. [3] He retired from competitive swimming in 2017. [4]

Pavoni and Conor Dwyer after swim-off 200 m medley in Kasan 2015 Kazan 2015 - Swim-off 200m medley M.JPG
Pavoni and Conor Dwyer after swim-off 200 m medley in Kasan 2015

Pavoni attended St. Helen's Catholic Primary School, in Brentwood, Essex, and learnt to swim in the school's pool and Brentwood swimming club at Brentwood Center.

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References

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  4. "Roberto Pavoni | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 8 November 2020.