Domenico Fioravanti
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| Full name | Domenico Fioravanti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Gialle Nuoto Club Verona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]
Career
[edit]Domenico Fioravanti was born in Trecate, near Novara, Piedmont. He started swimming competitively at the age of nine, and one year later began training daily, spurred by his elder brother Massimiliano, who was also a swimmer. In 1995, he took part in his first European Championship. In 1999, he was European champion in the 100 m breaststroke.
In 2000, Fioravanti became the first Italian swimmer to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke races. He also won another gold European medal in the 100 m breaststroke. In 2001, he received the silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke and bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the World Championship. Moreover, he won the Italian championship thirty times. In 2004, he was forced to retire from competitive swimming due to a genetic heart anomaly.
Personal bests
[edit]In long-course swimming, Fioravanti's personal bests are:
- 50 m breaststroke: 27.72
- 100 m breaststroke: 1:00.46
- 200 m breaststroke: 2:10.87
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Giochi del Mediterraneo 1997". Archived from the original on 27 August 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Domenico Fioravanti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
External links
[edit]- Domenico Fioravanti at World Aquatics
- Domenico Fioravanti at SwimRankings.net
- Domenico Fioravanti at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Domenico Fioravanti at Olympics.com
- Domenico Fioravanti at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Domenico Fioravanti at Olympedia
- Domenico Fioravanti at InterSportStats
- Domenico Fioravanti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
- 1977 births
- Sportspeople from the Province of Novara
- Living people
- Italian male breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Italy
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers of Fiamme Gialle
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in swimming
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen