Domenico Fioravanti

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]

Domenico Fioravanti

Personal information
Full name	Domenico Fioravanti
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1977-05-31) 31 May 1977 (age 48) Trecate, Piedmont
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Gialle Nuoto Club Verona
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships (LC) 0 1 1 World Championships (SC) 0 1 0 European Championships (LC) 2 1 0 European Championships (SC) 2 3 0 Mediterranean Games 2 1 0 Goodwill Games 0 0 1 Total 8 7 2 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 m breaststroke 2000 Sydney 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke 2001 Fukuoka 50 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 100 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 1999 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke 2000 Helsinki 100 m breaststroke 2000 Helsinki 200 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) 2000 Valencia 50 m breaststroke 2000 Valencia 100 m breaststroke 2000 Valencia 200 m breaststroke Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari 100 m breaststroke 1997 Bari 4×100 m medley[1]

Career

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

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

• Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the internetional competitions
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame