Luca Marin

Luca Marin (born 9 April 1986 in Vittoria, Ragusa) is an Italian medley swimmer. He specializes in the 400 m medley, and won six silver medals at the European and World Championship in this event. At the 2006 European Championship he won a gold medal, beating László Cseh, world record holder. He participated for Italy in the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, achieving 10th place.

He was engaged to the French swimmer Laure Manaudou, Olympic gold medalist. Following their much publicized breakup during the European Championships in 2007, Luca was accused of releasing lewd pictures of Laure on the Internet. He denied being the culprit. He is currently dating one of Manaudou's competitors, Federica Pellegrini.

References

* [http://www.agendadiana.com/visualizza_atleta.php?id=7427 Luca Marin on agendadiana.com]
* [http://www.federnuoto.it/pdf/azzurrinuoto/marin.pdf Luca Marin] on Italian Swimming Federation's website it icon
* [http://www.nuotopedia.eu/index.php/Marin%2C_Luca Luca Marin on nuotopedia.eu] it icon