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Massimiliano Rosolino Personal information Full name Massimiliano Rosolino Nickname(s) "Massi" Nationality Italy
Born 11 July 1978
NapoliHeight 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle and medley Club Larus Nuoto, Roma Medal recordMen’s swimming Competitor for Italy
Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney 200 m medley Silver 2000 Sydney[1] 400 m freestyle Bronze 2000 Sydney 200 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Athens[2] 4×200 m freestyle World Aquatics Championship Gold 2001 Fukuoka 200 m medley Silver 1998 Perth 200 m freestyle Silver 2001 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle Silver 2007 Melbourne[3] 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 2003 Barcelona[4] 200 m medley World Championships (SC) Gold 2006 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle Silver 2000 Athens[5] 200 m freestyle Silver 2008 Manchester 400 m freestyle Bronze 1999 Hong Kong 400 m freestyle Bronze 2000 Athens 400 m freestyle Bronze 2000 Athens 200 m medley Bronze 2006 Shanghai 400 m freestyle Bronze 2006 Shanghai[6] 200 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Manchester 200 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Manchester 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold 2000 Helsinki 200 m freestyle Gold 2000 Helsinki 200 m medley Gold 2000 Helsinki 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2002 Berlin 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2004 Madrid 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2006 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2008 Eindhoven 4×200 m freestyle Silver 1997 Seville 200 m freestyle Silver 1997 Seville 400 m freestyle Silver 1999 Istanbul 200 m medley Silver 2002 Berlin 400 m freestyle Silver 2006 Budapest 200 m freestyle Silver 2006 Budapest 400 m freestyle Silver 2008 Eindhoven 400 m freestyle Silver 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1999 Istanbul 200 m freestyle Bronze 2002 Berlin 200 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Madrid 200 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Madrid 200 m medley Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold 1999 Lisbon 400 m freestyle Gold 2000 Valencia 200 m freestyle Gold 2000 Valencia 400 m freestyle Gold 2000 Valencia 1500 m freestyle Gold 2000 Valencia 200 m medley Gold 2003 Dublin 400 m freestyle Gold 2004 Vienna 400 m freestyle Silver 1998 Sheffield 200 m freestyle Silver 1998 Sheffield 400 m freestyle Silver 1999 Lisbon 200 m freestyle Silver 2003 Dublin 200 m medley Silver 2004 Vienna 200 m freestyle Silver 2005 Trieste 200 m freestyle Silver 2006 Helsinki 200 m freestyle Silver 2008 Rijeka 400 m freestyle Bronze 1999 Lisbon 200 m medley Bronze 2003 Dublin 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2003 Dublin 400 m medley Bronze 2004 Vienna 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Rijeka 200 m freestyle Mediterranean Games Gold 2005 Almería 400 m freestyle Gold 1997 Bari 4×100 m medley[7] Massimiliano "Massi" Rosolino (born 11 July 1978) is an Italian swimmer.
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Biography
Born in Naples (Santa Lucia) of an Italian father, Salvatore, and Australian mother, Carolyn, he moved to Australia at the age of three, coming back to Italy at six. Rosolino declared about his beginnings as a swimmer:
I learned to float by sheer chance at the age of 4. Instead of the common arm floating bands, they made me swim with a headboard. Unfortunately it had a hole, and by the time I finally got out of the small and deep pool, the headboard had drowned... The first real swimming course I took was when I was 6 years old, and after that, lesson by lesson, I got to the pre-competition level. I always had a hard life, even though I was physically well-built, I always had to fight to become number 1, and even though I won a lot of races, I remember every race with emotion: the first regional championships, the national ones, the Young Europeans, and of course all the stomach aches I had.
In 2002 he moved back to Australia to train with coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club.
Rosolino represented Italy in all of the four editions of the Olympic Games since 1996. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he became the second Olympic champion ever in the history of Italian swimming as he won the gold medal in the 200 m individual medley (1:58.98, then Olympic and national record). He won two more medals: a silver medal in the 400 m freestyle setting the current European record (3:43.40) behind Ian Thorpe, and a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle (1:46.65) behind Pieter van den Hoogenband and Ian Thorpe. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Rosolino won a bronze medal with the Italian team in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.
Rosolino is the most successful athlete in the history of Italian swimming, with an overall count of 60 international medals. He became world champion in the 200 m individual medley at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka. He also won 3 silver medals and a bronze medal through 5 editions of the World Long Course Championships. He won a gold medal (4×200 m freestyle relay), 2 silver medals and 7 bronze medals at the World Short Course Championships; since 1995 he won 21 medals at the European LC Championships and 20 medals at the European Short Course Swimming Championships, becoming European champion 14 times (7 long course, 7 short course).
Personal bests
Rosolino's personal bests are:
- 100 m freestyle LC: 49.35 r (2007; World Championships in Melbourne).
- 200 m freestyle LC: 1:46.60 sf (2000, Italian record; Olympic Games in Sydney).
- 400 m freestyle LC: 3:43.40 (2000, European record; Olympic Games in Sydney).
- 800 m freestyle LC: 7:50.40 (2005).
- 1500 m freestyle LC: 15:09.28 (2001).
- 50 m breaststroke LC: 29.29 (2004).
- 100 m breaststroke LC: 1:03.81 (2003).
- 200 m individual medley LC: 1:58.98 (2000; Olympic Games in Sydney).
- 400 m individual medley LC: 4:17.30 (2003; World Championships in Barcelona).
See also
- List of multiple swimming medalist in international competitions
References
- ^ "ESPN Sydney Swimming". http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/swimming/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "12th FINA World Championships". http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Melbourne_2007/results/swimming.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09.[dead link]
- ^ "2003 World Championships - Short Course Swim Rankings results". http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=2132600. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "5th FINA World Swimming Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20071218160948/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Fukuoka_2001/site/wldswimchamps00_results.html. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "Shanghai 2006 results". Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070306103724/http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Shanghai_2006/results/index.php. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "Giochi del Mediterraneo 1997". http://www2.raisport.rai.it/news/eventi/bari97/199706/18/33a715e3040d8/. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
External links
- Personal site (Italian) (English)
Olympic Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley 1968: Charles Hickcox • 1972: Gunnar Larsson • 1984: Alex Baumann • 1988: Tamás Darnyi • 1992: Tamás Darnyi • 1996: Attila Czene • 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino • 2004: Michael Phelps • 2008: Michael Phelps
World Long Course Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley 1973: Gunnar Larsson (SWE) • 1975: Andras Hargitay (HUN) • 1978: Graham Smith (CAN) • 1982: Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) • 1986: Tamás Darnyi (HUN) • 1991: Tamás Darnyi (HUN) • 1994: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 1998: Marcel Wouda (NED) • 2001: Massimiliano Rosolino (USA) • 2003: Michael Phelps (USA) • 2005: Michael Phelps (USA) • 2007: Michael Phelps (USA) • 2009: Ryan Lochte (USA) • 2011: Ryan Lochte (USA)
World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1993: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz) • 1995: Australia (Klim, Dunn, Allen, Kowalski) • 1997: Australia (Klim, Hackett, Kirby, Dunn) • 1999: Netherlands (Van den Hoogenband, Kenkhuis, Zuijdweg, Wouda) • 2000: United States (Davis, Walker, Tucker, Carvin) • 2002: Australia (Pearson, Hass, Dunne, Hackett) • 2004: United States (Lochte, Carvin, Ketchum, Mortimer) • 2006: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cassio, Magnini) • 2008: Australia (Palmer, Brits, Sprenger, Monk) • 2010: Russia (Lobintsev, Izotov, Lagunov, Sukhorukov)
European Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle 1970: Hans Fassnacht (FRG) • 1974: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1977: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1981: Sergey Kopliakov (URS) • 1983: Michael Groß (FRG) • 1985: Michael Groß (FRG) • 1987: Anders Holmertz (SWE) • 1989: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) • 1991: Artur Wojdat (POL) • 1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN) • 1995: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 1997: Paul Palmer (GBR) • 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) • 2002: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2004: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2006: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2008: Paul Biedermann (GER) • 2010: Paul Biedermann (GER)
European Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley 1970: Gunnar Larsson (SWE) • 1974: David Wilkie (GBR) • 1977: András Hargitay (HUN) • 1981: Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) • 1983: Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) • 1985: Tamás Darnyi (HUN) • 1987: Tamás Darnyi (HUN) • 1989: Tamás Darnyi (HUN) • 1991: Lars Sørensen (DEN) • 1993: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 1995: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 1997: Marcel Wouda (NED) • 1999: Marcel Wouda (NED) • 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) • 2002: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 2004: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2006: László Cseh (HUN) • 2008: László Cseh (HUN) • 2010: László Cseh (HUN)
European Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1926: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berger, Heinrich) • 1927: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berger, Heinrich) • 1931: Hungary (Wanié, Szabados, Székely, Bárány) • 1934: Hungary (Gróf, Marothy, Csik, Lengyel) • 1938: Germany (Birr, Heimlich, Freese, Plath) • 1947: Sweden (Olsson, Lundén, Östrand, Johansson) • 1950: Sweden (Sjunnerholm, Östrand, Johansson, Larsson) • 1954: Hungary (Till, Dömötör, Kádas, Nyéki) • 1958: Soviet Union (Nikolayev, Struchanov, Luchkovski, Nikitin) • 1962: Sweden (Rosendahl, Lindberg, Svensson, Bengtsson) • 1966: Soviet Union (Ilyichev, Belits-Geiman, Pletnev, Novikov) • 1970: West Germany (Lampe, Von Schilling, Meeuw, Fassnacht) • 1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Meeuw, Nocke) • 1977: Soviet Union (Raskatov, Rusin, Kopliakov, Krylov) • 1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chaev, Kopliakov) • 1983: West Germany (Fahrner, Schowtka, Schmidt, Groß) • 1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Groß, Schadt, Fahrner) • 1987: West Germany (Sitt, Henkel, Fahrner, Groß) • 1989: Italy (Trevisan, Gleria, Lamberti, Battistelli) • 1991: Soviet Union (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tayanovich, Sadovyi) • 1993: Russia (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Mukin, Sadovyi) • 1995: Germany (Keller, Lampe, Spanneberg, Zesner) • 1997: Great Britain (Palmer, Clayton, Meadows, Salter) • 1999: Germany (Keller, Pohl, Conrad, Kiedel) • 2000: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cercato, Brembilla) • 2002: Italy (Pelliciari, Brembilla, Cappellazzo, Rosolino) • 2004: Italy (Brembilla, Pelliciari, Rosolino, Magnini) • 2006: Italy (Rosolino, Berbotto, Cassio, Magnini) • 2008: Italy (Brembilla, Rosolino, Cassio, Magnini) • 2010: Russia (Lobintsev, Izotov, Perunin, Sukhorukov)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle 1996: Lars Conrad (GER) • 1998 – 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) • 2001: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2002: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 2003: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2004 – 2007: Filippo Magnini (ITA) • 2008: Danila Izotov (RUS) • 2009: Paul Biedermann (GER) • 2010: Danila Izotov (RUS)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle 1996 – 1998: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 1999 – 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) • 2001 – 2002: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) • 2003: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2004: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) • 2005 – 2006: Yury Prilukov (RUS) • 2007: Paweł Korzeniowski (POL) • 2008 – 2010: Paul Biedermann (GER)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 1500 m Freestyle 1996: Igor Snitko (UKR) · 1998: Graeme Smith (GBR) · 1999: Igor Chervynskyi (UKR) · 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) · 2001: Jörg Hoffmann (GER) · 2002–2006: Yury Prilukov (RUS) · 2007: Mateusz Sawrymowicz (POL) · 2008: Federico Colbertaldo (ITA) · 2009: Jan Wolfgarten (GER) · 2010: Federico Colbertaldo (ITA)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Individual Medley 1996: Marcel Wouda (NED) • 1998: James Hickman (GBR) • 1999: Marcel Wouda (NED) • 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) • 2001: Peter Mankoč (SLO) • 2002 – 2003: Jani Sievinen (FIN) • 2004: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2005 – 2007: László Cseh (HUN) • 2008: James Goddard (GBR) • 2009: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2010: Markus Deibler (GER)
Mediterranean Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle 1971: Arnaldo Cinquetti (ITA) · 1975: Marcello Guarducci (ITA) · 1979: David López-Zubero (ESP) · 1983: Borut Petrič (YUG) · 1987 – 1991: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) · 1993: Christophe Bordeau (FRA) · 1997: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) · 2001: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) · 2005: David Berbotto (ITA) · 2009: Oussama Mellouli (TUN)Mediterranean Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle 1951 – 1955: Jean Boiteux (FRA) · 1959: Vlado Brinovec (YUG) · 1963: Francis Luyce (FRA) · 1967: Juan Fortuny (ESP) · 1971: Antonio Corell (ESP) · 1975: Ali Gharbi (TUN) · 1979: Borut Petrič (YUG) · 1983: Darjan Petrič (YUG) · 1987: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) · 1991 – 1993: Christophe Marchand (FRA) · 1997 – 2001: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) · 2005: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) · 2009: Oussama Mellouli (TUN)Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Italian swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Italy
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Naples
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Italian people of Australian descent
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
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