Domenico Fioravanti
Domenico Fioravanti with the Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
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| Full name | Domenico Fioravanti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Italy |
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| Born | 31 May 1977 Novara, Piedmont |
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Gialle Nuoto Club Verona |
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Medal record
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Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]
Career
Domenico Fioravanti was born at Novara, Piedmont. He started to swim 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 at 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
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
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- 1977 births
- People from the Province of Novara
- Living people
- Italian swimmers
- Male breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Italy
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Athletes of Fiamme Gialle
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees
- Italian sportsmen
