- Domenico Fioravanti
-
Domenico Fioravanti 
Domenico Fioravanti with the Italian President Carlo Azeglio CiampiPersonal information Full name Domenico Fioravanti Nationality 
ItalyBorn 31 May 1977
Novara, PiedmontHeight 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Breaststroke Club Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Gialle
Nuoto Club VeronaMedal recordMen's swimming Competitor for ItalyOlympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney 100 m breaststroke Gold 2000 Sydney 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) Silver 2001 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke Bronze 2001 Fukuoka 50 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) Silver 1999 Hong Kong 100 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) Gold 1999 Istanbul 100 m breaststroke Gold 2000 Helsinki 100 m breaststroke Silver 2000 Helsinki 200 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) Gold 2000 Valencia 50 m breaststroke Gold 2000 Valencia 100 m breaststroke Silver 2000 Valencia 200 m breaststroke Mediterranean Games Gold 1997 Bari 100 m breaststroke Gold 1997 Bari 4×100 m medley[1] Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Contents
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
References
- ^ "Giochi del Mediterraneo 1997". http://www2.raisport.rai.it/news/eventi/bari97/199706/18/33a715e3040d8/. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
External links
Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke 1968: Don McKenzie • 1972: Nobutaka Taguchi • 1976: John Hencken • 1980: Duncan Goodhew • 1984: Steve Lundquist • 1988: Adrian Moorhouse • 1992: Nelson Diebel • 1996: Frédérik Deburghgraeve • 2000: Domenico Fioravanti • 2004: Kosuke Kitajima • 2008: Kosuke Kitajima
Olympic Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke 1908: Frederick Holman • 1912: Walter Bathe • 1920: Håkan Malmrot • 1924: Bob Skelton • 1928: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta • 1932: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta • 1936: Tetsuo Hamuro • 1948: Joe Verdeur • 1952: John Davies • 1956: Masaru Furukawa • 1960: William Mulliken • 1964: Ian O'Brien • 1968: Felipe Muñoz • 1972: John Hencken • 1976: David Wilkie • 1980: Robertas Žulpa • 1984: Victor Davis • 1988: József Szabó • 1992: Mike Barrowman • 1996: Norbert Rózsa • 2000: Domenico Fioravanti • 2004: Kosuke Kitajima • 2008: Kosuke Kitajima
European Champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke 1970: Nikolai Pankin (URS) • 1974: Nikolai Pankin (URS) • 1977: Gerald Mörken (FRG) • 1981: Yuriy Kis (URS) • 1983: Robertas Žulpa (URS) • 1985: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) • 1987: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) • 1989: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) • 1991: Norbert Rózsa (HUN) • 1993: Károly Güttler (HUN) • 1995: Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL) • 1997: Aleksandr Gukov (BLR) • 1999: Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) • 2000: Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) • 2002: Oleg Lisogor (UKR) • 2004: Oleg Lisogor (UKR) • 2006: Roman Sloudnov (RUS) • 2008: Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) • 2010: Alexander Dale Oen (NOR)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 50 m Breaststroke 1991 – 1993: Vassily Ivanov (RUS) • 1994: Mark Warnecke (GER) • 1996: Patrik Isaksson (SWE) • 1998 – 1999: Mark Warnecke (GER) • 2000: Domenico Fioravanti (ITA), Daniel Málek (CZE) and Mark Warnecke (GER) • 2001 – 2007: Oleg Lisogor (UKR) • 2008: Matjaž Markič (SLO) • 2009: Aleksander Hetland (NOR) • 2010: Robin van Aggele (NED)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke 1996: Jens Kruppa (GER) • 1998: Patrik Isaksson (SWE) • 1999: Roman Sloudnov (RUS) • 2000: Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) • 2001 – 2002: Oleg Lisogor (UKR) • 2003: James Gibson (GBR) • 2004: Roman Sloudnov (RUS) • 2005 – 2006: Oleg Lisogor (UKR) • 2007: Igor Borysik (UKR) and Grigory Falko (RUS) • 2008: Igor Borysik (UKR) • 2009: Robin van Aggele (NED) • 2010: Fabio Scozzoli (ITA)
Mediterranean Champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke 1967: Gian Corrado Gross (ITA) · 1971: Andrea Daneri (ITA) · 1975: Giorgio Lalle (ITA) · 1979: Olivier Borios (FRA) · 1983: Raffaele Avagnano (ITA) · 1987: Gianni Minervini (ITA) · 1991: Cédric Penicaud (FRA) · 1993: Ramón Camallonga (ESP) · 1997: Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) · 2001: Vanja Rogulj (CRO) · 2005: Hugues Duboscq (FRA) · 2009: Melquiades Álvarez (ESP)Categories:- 1977 births
- People from the Province of Novara
- Living people
- Italian swimmers
- 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
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
