Domenico Fioravanti

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Men’s swimming
Olympic medalist
Domenico Fioravanti
Medal record
Gold	2000 Sydney	100 m breaststroke
Gold	2000 Sydney	200 m breaststroke

Domenico Fioravanti May 31, 1977) is an Italian former swimmer who won two gold medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He is considered the strongest Italian swimmer of all time.

[edit] Career

Domenico Fioravanti was born at Novara, Piedmont.

He started to race in swimming pool at the age of nine, and one years later started to train everyday, spurred by the elder brother Massimiliano who was already a swimmer.

In 1995 he took part at his first European Championship. He was silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the World 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 100 m and 200 m breaststroke races. He also won another gold European medal in the 100 m breaststroke.

Moreover he was 30 times Italian champion and won another bronze European medal in the 50m breaststroke.

In 2004 he had to quit the swimming competitions due to a genetic heart anomaly. He declared that his only doping have been always spaghetti with tomato.

[edit] Personal bests

In long course swimming, Fioravanti's personal bests are:

50 m breaststroke: 27:72 (Italian record)
100 m breaststroke: 1:00.46 (Italian record)
200 m breaststroke: 2:10.87 (European record)

[edit] External links

FIN (Italian Swimming Federation)

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: Frederik Deburghgraeve \| 2000: Domenico Fioravanti \| 2004: Kosuke Kitajima