Italian swimmer

Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 m breaststroke 2000 Sydney 200 m breaststrokeWorld Championships (LC) 2001 *uoka 100 m breaststroke 2001 *uoka 50 m breaststrokeWorld Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 100 m breaststrokeEuropean Championships (LC) 1999 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke 2000 Helsinki 100 m breaststroke 2000 Helsinki 200 m breaststrokeEuropean Championships (SC) 2000 Valencia 50 m breaststroke 2000 Valencia 100 m breaststroke 2000 Valencia 200 m breaststrokeMediterranean Games 1997 Bari 100 m breaststroke 1997 Bari 4×100 m medley

Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian compe*ive swimmer who won two gold medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Personal bests
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

Domenico Fioravanti was born at Novara, Piedmont. He started to swim compe*ively at the age of nine, and one year later began training daily, spurred by his elder brother M*imiliano 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 compe*ive 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 compe*ions
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

External links

• Domenico Fioravanti at FINA
• Domenico Fioravanti at SwimRankings.net
• Domenico Fioravanti at International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Domenico Fioravanti at Olympedia
• Domenico Fioravanti at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)